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In reply to the discussion: Wonder why the US is an outlier in this chart [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)98. She painted a group of people
with a broad-brushed smear for ONE thing they did. She's never met any of them, never talked to any of them, and knows nothing about what else they do in their daily lives. But she simply decided that every one of them, no matter what else there is about them, is a dumbass. Not that they did a dumbassed thing, but that every single one of them is simply a dumbass.
Defend that, please. Or better yet, tell your wife to come out and apologize for it. Because this isn't going away. We're going to keep bringing it up each and every time she or you or any of your apologist ilk start your scolds about "broadbrushing" or insulting and denigrating people simply because of what they believe.
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Just ignore his passive-aggressive bullshit. Notice his "back to the basement with you" comment?
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
#37
No need on my part. Just felt like having fun pointing out your bullshit. No rescue necessary.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#15
Yes, a group of Indiana legislators who voted to mandate creationism in public school education.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#53
Yes , the legislators in Indiana who voted for mandatory teaching of creationism in public schools
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#59
If you want her left out, why the fuck did you bring her up in the first place?
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
#57
What battles? She kicked your intolerant asses. I'm just mopping the floor.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#95
Thanks. That information definitely makes it look like the data for the chart was cherry-picked.
Jim__
Sep 2012
#18
No; the data from Argentina etc. was from 2011 from a poll for Reuters
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2012
#19
As stated in post #65, I wasn't referring to that paper; but to the chart in the OP.
Jim__
Sep 2012
#67
Your implication that the countries used in the graph were incorrectly chosen
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2012
#69
No. My original question was what criteria were used to choose the countries on the ...
Jim__
Sep 2012
#70
Are fundamentalist, literalist Christians a sizeable, influential group in the U.S., or not?
trotsky
Sep 2012
#12
Exactly. His passive-aggressive bullshit, along with his homophobic comments, coupled with...
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
#55
For the math minded, one might ask why the grapher would have tried to fit to a parabola when
dimbear
Sep 2012
#23
Religiosity is well correlated with GDP, with, again, the USA being an outlier
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2012
#89
BTW, to really drive home the correlation between religion and poverty, set aside
dimbear
Sep 2012
#99
Forget the US. Why do only 3 countries have more than 80% that understand evolution?
BlueStreak
Sep 2012
#101