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In reply to the discussion: Yes, We DO Think You ARE Stupid [View all]Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)98. So please enlighten us, O Enlightened One
Tell us how to reach out and engage them in how not to wrap a rope around theirs and all of our necks and strangle us all with it.
If we're not getting it, surely you know how we can do it.
Time is short. So have at it. Let's hear it.
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They're smart enough to show up and vote - and that's all the smarts they need.
NBachers
Feb 2017
#15
The person the Russians wanted there? Alternative facts is leaving out information too no?
uponit7771
Feb 2017
#32
More than a few of the highly educated RWers in my dept believe in some abysmally stupid shit.
HughBeaumont
Feb 2017
#47
Yes but understanding what makes them tick can bring a whole new world of understanding
nolabels
Feb 2017
#74
There is no way to "broaden the tent and allow anti choice people in" without saying that women are
Squinch
Feb 2017
#54
Anti- choice is anti democratic so that's a firm never. Separation of church and state matters.
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#86
non white working class DOES vote democratic. the whites who vote republican connect more
JI7
Feb 2017
#121
This needs to be posted on the Free Republic site or FOX comment site and sent
nikibatts
Feb 2017
#38
Trump supporters are stupid, but I think their stupidity has hit generational stupidity.
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#48
The GOP has, "ironically", used think tanks ironically to spew out simplistic slogans and
BSdetect
Feb 2017
#51
Evil, yes. There are many, mini smart Bannons, who take advantage of the Repub masses stupidity
Alice11111
Feb 2017
#111
I think Zizek explains very well how insulting one's ideological rivals empowers one's rivals.
RadiationTherapy
Feb 2017
#72
"There is, of course, a way to stop being called stupid. You can always try NOT being stupid."
tazkcmo
Feb 2017
#61
Hubby--a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst--always disputes me when I start ranting about stupidity
mnhtnbb
Feb 2017
#68
I agree with you. Self-destructive is a more nuanced and thoughtful expression of their actions.
RadiationTherapy
Feb 2017
#73
wow...that just isn't true at all. Assumptions color where and what you look for, and how you
JCanete
Feb 2017
#88
The question remains, why would they if they've been given every reason to believe their current
JCanete
Feb 2017
#99
No we don't. Don't lump me in with that. It isn't helpful. There isn't an area of discourse where
JCanete
Feb 2017
#87
Since I am an Independent I can actually look at this dynamic objectively
NoGoodNamesLeft
Feb 2017
#115
then we are all a lost cause. The very forces that work on white middle class people will work on
JCanete
Feb 2017
#97
totally what I was saying...? Let's breed racism? Lets let racism take over? Fine, make up your own
JCanete
Feb 2017
#126
Tell you what, we didn't know how to mine solar power efficiently, or wind, or anything else, but we
JCanete
Feb 2017
#100
That is dumb. If you don't have the solution for curing cancer calling it heart disease doesn't
JCanete
Feb 2017
#123
Well, at least we're making strides to cure cancer. You're clearly content to live in a world where
JCanete
Feb 2017
#139
You could start by not personally attacking them (not you personally, just in general)
NoGoodNamesLeft
Feb 2017
#103
butbutbut they say we are the stupid racist ones. at least we can spell well.
pansypoo53219
Feb 2017
#96
We didn't need a 70 million dollar congressional investigation to figure this out.
iscooterliberally
Feb 2017
#108
K & R!! Just because the truth hurts doesn't mean it's not the truth!!
50 Shades Of Blue
Feb 2017
#109
thought I was going to make a friend cry the other night at a party when
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2017
#132
If Frank were alive today I'd love to see what he'd comment on this. Something like?:
lambchopp59
Feb 2017
#136