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GallopingGhost

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22. Everyone in Amerika

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 02:54 PM

Jul 2017

will need to make sure they don spectacles (forgive the pun) and make sure they have a copy of Salinger's Rye on their bookshelf.

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Poll: Majority Of Republicans Now Say Colleges Are Bad For America [View all] turbinetree Jul 2017 OP

That's because they are all a bunch of dumbasses Freedomofspeech Jul 2017 #1

I agree that many are dumbasses, but... Caliman73 Jul 2017 #23

Yes. dawg Jul 2017 #31

That's scary. dhol82 Jul 2017 #2

filling the student's mind with all those fake-facts - like evolution and humans having an impact DrDan Jul 2017 #3

Do you have a link? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2017 #4

explains a lot, doesn't it... unblock Jul 2017 #5

This didn't happen by chance gratuitous Jul 2017 #6

Yes, repugs have been working on it for a long time, elleng Jul 2017 #7

They have been brainwashed into thinking that their kids will turn liberal The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #8

I say Republicans are bad for America. nt raccoon Jul 2017 #9

looks like a case study in just how malleable republicans' brains are these days. unblock Jul 2017 #10

The only negative effect is the huge student loan debt which is amassed... MedusaX Jul 2017 #11

Wow, just wow! smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #12

Here is a summary of the Pew study exboyfil Jul 2017 #13

And it can't possibly have anything to do with not wanting to look like a bigot loyalsister Jul 2017 #17

Thank you for this, we needed that link. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #25

What we have at Evergreen is RW trolls threatening violence on that campus, maxsolomon Jul 2017 #30

The gang of students shouting exboyfil Jul 2017 #33

So, you're saying their parents should stop them? maxsolomon Jul 2017 #35

No. I am saying the market will decide exboyfil Jul 2017 #39

I'm from Washington state, and about as leftist as they come... regnaD kciN Jul 2017 #36

Yes. That is the solution exboyfil Jul 2017 #38

I'm in WA as well, and yes, minority college students are incredibly attuned to offense now. maxsolomon Jul 2017 #42

When the threats are received exboyfil Jul 2017 #45

Yes, because a mind is a good thing to waste... Pachamama Jul 2017 #14

the dumbing down of america...compliments of the gop spanone Jul 2017 #15

Could the headline be more "30% more Republicans are afraid to identify as Republicans in polls?" haele Jul 2017 #16

true. because you cannot control an educated populace capable of critical thought. niyad Jul 2017 #18

In about 5 years, people who wear glasses and/or own books will be rounded up and inprisoned nt Dream Girl Jul 2017 #19

Like Pol Pot did in Cambodia. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #20

Exactly! Dream Girl Jul 2017 #21

My best friend's parents were sent there NickB79 Jul 2017 #24

Awful...so much of it spurred on by the crowd mentaility Dream Girl Jul 2017 #43

Everyone in Amerika GallopingGhost Jul 2017 #22

Hoped the title referred to Electoral Colleges. BSdetect Jul 2017 #26

Taliban USA SHRED Jul 2017 #27

Know nothingism has apparently become a thing Dem2 Jul 2017 #28

A return to Dickensian times. Cattledog Jul 2017 #29

That much of a swing in less than two years is crazy Freethinker65 Jul 2017 #32

Stupid and compliant is what they want. alarimer Jul 2017 #34

They don't want their kids to think critically, accept people on the basis of the Ilsa Jul 2017 #37

They teach that science stuff. lpbk2713 Jul 2017 #40

anti-intelluctualism is a strong current in the swirling waters of the toilet bowl of conservative KG Jul 2017 #41

Oh FFS Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2017 #44

The more educated, the more likely a person is treestar Jul 2017 #46

I was just reading the NYT piece malaise Jul 2017 #47

I don't want to over-simplify this, but I think it boils down to a tidbit of logic neeksgeek Jul 2017 #48

And this is how you get Republicans running the country Thrill Jul 2017 #49