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In reply to the discussion: Call me a gun grabber, I don't give a shit [View all]tledford
(917 posts)26. Education and intelligence have nothing to do with one another.
Education informs, it does not enhance intelligence.
I was born in 1956 and I can tell you that in my personal observation, Americans in general are just flat-out more stupid now than they were in 1965. Perhaps it is the lack of a Fourth Estate now versus then, maybe it's the shit in our food, water and air, or maybe it's bad genes, but it's there regardless.
YMMV, but I don't really care about your mileage.
Oh, and as for polls, 55% of Mississippi Republicans say Obama is Muslim -- does that make him Muslim?
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