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In reply to the discussion: What do you think is the IQ of your average Trump supporter? [View all]Oneironaut
(5,539 posts)46. I think stereotyping Trump voters as dumb is incorrect and possibly harmful.
Trump lied to and lead people from different walks of life. They weren't all knuckle-dragging idiots. There seems to be a tendency here to place all Trump voters into this tiny box. They aren't all the same.
Also, casting yourself (not the OP, but in a general sense) as smarter than an opponent instantly makes the opponent an underdog. Nobody likes arrogance. Real intelligence is respectable, sure, but comparing IQs is extremely off-putting.
I always dislike threads like this because they reduce politics to being a simple war between "the smart and the stupid." The reasons people still support Trump are many among different groups of people, and it isn't so simple.
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What do you think is the IQ of your average Trump supporter? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
OP
I believe 70 is that number that should you fall below you couldn't pass a driver's test.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#2
I'm not suggesting I Q tests should be linked to driver's licenses or any licensure.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#12
When I was in grad school the smartest person I knew read Wittgenstein for fun.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#22
No, I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me if she scored "average" on an intelligence test.
dawg
Sep 2017
#32
According to a study linked here yesterday, the average Trump voter is white. Period.
yardwork
Sep 2017
#8
This is not about IQ. It's about self-delusion and authoritarian and racist preferences.
DetlefK
Sep 2017
#10
Not to mention, there is no such thing as race. It is a mental construct, nothing more.
L. Coyote
Sep 2017
#42
The psychiatrist actually nailed my IQ just by asking me to interpret several metaphors
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#53
I think stereotyping Trump voters as dumb is incorrect and possibly harmful.
Oneironaut
Sep 2017
#46
Average Americans. Many wealthy and poor, educated and not. Just weird intersectional backgrounds!
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2017
#55
I don't think it's an IQ thing. trump ran a bigoted campaign, and people went with it.
LuvLoogie
Sep 2017
#56