Rising Hegemon
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.ANNNNNNNNNNNNNND...Rick Santorum comes out against getting a college education. [cross-posted at Firedoglake]
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Will that blue sky keep these out?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16756450
Seems another one, this time well within the orbits of geostationary satellites is missing the opportunity up to demonstrate what is important. Sure don't expect 72.4% of the population to follow that.
For a while now I've been telling people it's not left versus right, but, for lack of a better term, smart versus dumb.
Not that I claim to know-it-all, but at least I don't reject everything outside of a dumbed down self-centered polyester interpretation of a mythical sky god and his undead son...an interpretation that doesn't even bother with their own allegedly sacred texts...cause readin' is hard.
Repukes benefit from an electorate that is ignorant, stupid and unable to think for itself. It makes the masses easier to ripoff and to control.
1) Crash economy - check
2) End child labor laws - check
3) Get more grade school kids working as janitors - check
4) Poison science education - check
5) Hand out jesus tracts - check
6) Cut off pathway for higher education - check
7) Cut off minimum wage and all worker protections - check.
8) Blame everyone else.
9) Repeat step 1 as needed.
Gingrich Amendment - send trouble makers, liberals, democrats, homosexuals, criminals, uppity negroes and wimmins, unconverted jews, all mormons, especially you know who, and all intellectuals to moon colonies. ASAP.
Plan complete.
Who says the Teabirchvangelical GOP reich doesn't have a 1,000-year employment plan.
i guess my paternal unit isn't so smart.
John Stuart Mill said it 150 years ag and now we have scientific evidence. Pity the ones who could be helped are too dumb to learn.
People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb
Yes, and people--- usually the same bigots--- who are always pissed off at "the government" and "politicians"... they're pretty much idiots, too.
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