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femmocrat

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15. I think a lot of your frustration comes from media coverage.

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 10:23 PM

Oct 2014

Am I correct?

I don't think America as a whole is "stupid", but certainly a large percentage of the population does not take time to become well-informed. Just watching cable news is insufficient and those who get a steady diet of faux news are the most poorly informed.

I appreciate your idea to "wage a campaign of education and compassion and WAGE A CAMPAIGN OF HEALING!! " I often wonder why there is always money for the military but other institutions are chronically under-funded. Doesn't seem to matter who is in office, that never seems to change.

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America is stupid! [View all] diabeticman Oct 2014 OP

I would argue that Kim cardashian (sp?) completely proves your point. Egnever Oct 2014 #1

Yeah, 'cause Kim Kardashian is ALL of what America is, Right? whathehell Oct 2014 #4

Idiocracy is actually a documentary. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #2

Watched it again.. sendero Oct 2014 #22

Are you stupid? whathehell Oct 2014 #3

Hey, I stand by what I say. America as a nation is stupid. I will be the first to stand up and diabeticman Oct 2014 #5

I disagree Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #7

I can think of plenty and so could you if you stopped to think. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #8

Well that was insightful Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #9

Start with any country that takes better care of its people. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #10

If it's such a simple concept Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #24

Too lazy to put any effort into it? hobbit709 Oct 2014 #25

Of course you are Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #27

I'm a dual citizen (America/Australia). You might think I'm about to say Australia is better. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #11

I think we're a young/immature country. TDale313 Oct 2014 #13

So leave -- Our collective I. Q. should rise substantially. whathehell Oct 2014 #18

Until they 100% can rule out the spread Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #6

We are not stupid... we are just a bunch of suckers! DontTreadOnMe Oct 2014 #12

A nation of incredibly gullible people, ruled over by a homogenous and dysfunctional media. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #14

Barnum never said 'a sucker born every minute' those were the words of a critic of Barnum's Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #23

I think a lot of your frustration comes from media coverage. femmocrat Oct 2014 #15

Part of it media and a lot has to do with fellow citizens who allow themselves to be ignorant diabeticman Oct 2014 #16

Oh, so your part of America, along with your family whathehell Oct 2014 #19

Considering some of the crap we are feed, Americans are knowledgeable and bright mrdmk Oct 2014 #17

Upset about a travel ban? Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #20

Yes! My wife who is more liberal than I could ever be has told me the discrimination you are talkin diabeticman Oct 2014 #21

If all of us in America are stupid as you state yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #26