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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have been asked by friends, Are people that stupid?
My answer. Yes, apparently they are.
The only answer that makes sense.
Ocelot II
(119,787 posts)Jerry2144
(2,540 posts)Sad thing is they vote. And for Republiklans
RockRaven
(16,045 posts)Many are stupider!
vapor2
(1,475 posts)mountain grammy
(27,129 posts)Rambling incoherent babbling I would have to say yes, theyre stupid.
La Coliniere
(656 posts)Im on a long walk yesterday in my neighborhood. I notice an older woman, probably over 70, taking pictures with her phone of Democratic political signs (Harris-Walz and 4 others for local elections) on the front lawn of somebodys home. As I walk past I say Go Kamala!. She looks at me, obviously angered, and says, fuck her, Im for Trump. As I walk away I respond with, Sorry, but I cant vote for an adjudicated rapist. She then shouts at the top of her lungs, Kamala is the RAPIST!!! I now ignore her and go on my way. Yes, they are that stupid ugh.
NewDayOranges
(716 posts)It affects some of us more than others!
Bayard
(23,918 posts)They will not believe he is using them as a means to an end.
Amaryllis
(9,765 posts)duncang
(3,221 posts)1. A coworker thought it was Bush senior when Bush junior was running.
2. There were people who didnt know we landed on the moon.
That was just low info people. Add the deliberate lies pushed now and its worse.
Silent Type
(6,000 posts)Johonny
(21,794 posts)Many Americans were raised by misogynistic and racist parents. Many Americans were raised by evangelical Christians that give money hand over foot to born again conartists. Many Americans have lost their local papers and UHF TV stations and only get RW radio or FOX news or worse. Many Americans get news only from foreign owned TicTic . . .
Most Americans are within a normal intelligence range. They are not in any sense stupid. However, most Americans have been taught to be stupid. Propaganda works.
no_hypocrisy
(48,393 posts)Exhibit One:
2016. My sister told me 4 months before the Election, "I'm not voting for Trump. He scares me." One month before the Election, she told me, "I'm not voting for Hillary. She scares me." What changed? The last voice she heard was from her friend, Anthony, who hated Hillary. My sister doesn't read. Even online. Doesn't care. Trusts the opinions of others instead of thinking for herself. And no, she lives in a blue state.