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ecstatic

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54. Exactly. All of this is by design.

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Mon Jan 31, 2022, 02:05 AM

Jan 2022

Look at what kids are taught in other countries versus what they're taught here.

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Why are so many Americans acting so stupid? [View all] ashredux Jan 2022 OP

They're not acting. n/t DEbluedude Jan 2022 #1

"Stupid is as stupid does" - Forrest Gump sop Jan 2022 #11

"That is all." dchill Jan 2022 #36

Repubs designed this. They broke our schools for easy votes, and this just comes with the GPV Jan 2022 #2

Republicans gutted the Public School True Blue American Jan 2022 #3

Reagan started it nt Wicked Blue Jan 2022 #6

+1 Bluethroughu Jan 2022 #7

1000 True Blue American Jan 2022 #21

+1 2naSalit Jan 2022 #34

Don't blame the schools, blame the culture: intellectually lazy and shallow thinking. lostnfound Jan 2022 #10

I'm a teacher. I don't blame the schools. I blame the Repubs for gutting public education. GPV Jan 2022 #12

+1 2naSalit Jan 2022 #43

"marketing strategies that sway us away from seeking knowledge and understanding' lostnfound Jan 2022 #52

Agree True Blue American Jan 2022 #58

+1 c-rational Jan 2022 #48

Exactly. All of this is by design. ecstatic Jan 2022 #54

Ethnicity and geographic distribution of low skilled adults doesn't seem to support that they're GOP Klaralven Jan 2022 #4

How do you read that as not supporting that it is the GOP? The most illiteracy in your source map Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #5

County level 2020 election results to compare with literacy distribution map Klaralven Jan 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #17

Again, what is your point? Are you seeing Democrats cutting funding to education? Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #19

If you look at that map the blue areas are where the better educated True Blue American Jan 2022 #23

Dems are the party of densely populated radius777 Jan 2022 #53

Your map belies your point, I think (n/t) PJMcK Jan 2022 #13

Either they're not thinking or no_hypocrisy Jan 2022 #8

My teachers taught me to think, NOT what to think. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2022 #18

Ironically, I was "that one" in my classes in high school who easily argued with the no_hypocrisy Jan 2022 #28

The same percentage of Americans has always acted so stupid. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #35

+1, there's just more of them now because s pop is 330 million uponit7771 Jan 2022 #56

And, they feed each other through social media. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #59

They are the ones who complain "OTHERS" are taking away their jobs. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2022 #15

Repukes are fighting to make education worse. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #16

That is the same OXYMORONIC attitude as... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2022 #33

Too many people get all their news from television or radio instead of reading. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #20

yup. any time dems try to increase school funding rw think tanks use rw radio to kill it and certainot Jan 2022 #40

When I was in high school I figured out I had to also educate myself. fightforfreedom Jan 2022 #22

Dunning-Kruger effect. It's well studied. paleotn Jan 2022 #24

mount stupid also represents certitude. authoritarians are characterized by fear of uncertainty so certainot Jan 2022 #45

thank you, thank you, thank you. i have been wanting to ask this very question. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #25

i have seen smart ppl belive in this nonsense too also. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #26

If 1 in 6 believe the Orange Menace won I myself NoMoreRepugs Jan 2022 #27

100 is the average IQ randr Jan 2022 #29

I think you mean that 100 is the median. Kaleva Jan 2022 #38

To Paraphrase George Carlin... GB_RN Jan 2022 #30

I was reading at a 9th grade level... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #31

I think Rupert Murdock saw it mountain grammy Jan 2022 #32

Why give a pass to the more dangerous educated people who believe stupid things? Kaleva Jan 2022 #37

Most don't actually "believe"...they want to manipulate the others...they are evil ashredux Jan 2022 #39

Propagandists don't believe, propogandized do. live love laugh Jan 2022 #49

This is why the right wing has encouraged the creationist fanatics PatrickforB Jan 2022 #41

And it's why they are attacking school boards. live love laugh Jan 2022 #50

Ahhh..the stupid people syndrome--Carlos Cipolla's 5 Basic Laws of Human Stupidity RestoreAmerica2020 Jan 2022 #42

They should always be asked to WRITE IT DOWN. bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #44

There is also a disdain for education Alice Kramden Jan 2022 #46

Remember when Reagan took a meat cleaver to the education budget? WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2022 #47

GOP has had a 40+ year war on public education mcar Jan 2022 #51

And they followed a college dropout named Rush RANDYWILDMAN Jan 2022 #55

Hey guys, check this out! True Blue American Jan 2022 #57

You think it's an act??? SKKY Jan 2022 #60