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WHY ARE AMERICANS SO DUMB? [View all] cilla4progress Jun 2020 OP
Dumbest country in the industrialized world BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #1
Where is that? cilla4progress Jun 2020 #4
Scotland BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #5
Ahhhh.. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #7
Yeah I've spent a lot of time in the U.K. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #8
Cool. cilla4progress Jun 2020 #12
No, THAT is cool! BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #15
My ancestors beg to dffer Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #18
Good question, are there any other countries where wearing a mask is this controversial? tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #2
Cult yankee87 Jun 2020 #3
I blame it on Ohiogal Jun 2020 #6
This oswaldactedalone Jun 2020 #13
Without a properly functioning Fourth Estate, keeping the electorate informed and holding sop Jun 2020 #22
There has been a multi-decade assault on public education by Republicans dlk Jun 2020 #9
"I love the uneducated." cilla4progress Jun 2020 #14
They are sheep who line up to buy his snake oil. dlk Jun 2020 #17
Makes me think of cilla4progress Jun 2020 #19
Yes, I remember the film well dlk Jun 2020 #21
Flim flam cilla4progress Jun 2020 #27
Professor Harold Hill promoted the "Think Method" of music education. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #36
Our schools are at the core. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #10
Great info and cilla4progress Jun 2020 #16
America should have the best public schools in the world-we have the necessary resources dlk Jun 2020 #20
Too often people are not willing to pay the taxes needed for good schools. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #28
The tax structure to support schools could be reconfigured to be more equitable dlk Jun 2020 #30
Yep. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #33
There's an idea! dlk Jun 2020 #34
FOX NEWS nt blaze Jun 2020 #11
This goes along with my question area51 Jun 2020 #23
For some people the Bible is a textbook. dem4decades Jun 2020 #24
Magical thinking, especially among religious sects, has replaced science for many. jalan48 Jun 2020 #25
George Carlin had a bit on why Americans weren't better informed/smarter RockRaven Jun 2020 #26
I would say a large part of it is the education system Luciferous Jun 2020 #29
GW Bush made stupid acceptable IMO. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #31
Brainwashed by their news source choices? Brainfodder Jun 2020 #32
Because religion is pushed on children and education has been defunded for 20+ NightWatcher Jun 2020 #35
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