Are You Dumber than an American?

[Maineman]

78. Interesting discussion, lots of defensiveness.

I do not see the original post as carefully written, but more of a casual statement about how ignorant, mentally lazy, and uneducated so many Americans are. An amazing number of Americans watch Fox News and believe crazy things they hear from numerous sources. I see no way to deny this. For persons on the outside (other countries) looking in, I can imagine that 46 percent denying evolution and 50 percent ignoring the many lies of Mitt Romney, not to mention the other Republicans who are ignorant about conception and rape, "Americans", half of us, look pretty damn stupid. I agree. And, yes, religion leads the way. Enemies of religion, especially fundamentalism, are education, common sense, ethics, thoughtful philosophy, compromise, most new ideas, and respect for persons who believe something different. Almost any idea or belief that leaders of fundamentalism (like preachers, politicians, and TV evangelists) can use to generate donations and activism can become dogma not to be questioned regardless of how much it contradicts reality or evidence. High percentages of Americans cannot perform basic math and are uneducated (ignorant) about history and current events. We are led around by the nose by corporate and political marketing as if we are no smarter than fat wooly sheep. Speaking of fat...

The good news is we are not all fat and stupid.

On the other hand, will politicians stop defending and subsidizing dirty energy, unhealthy food, militarism, and dangerous health care profiteering?