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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:02 AM Oct 2018

We really do live in a country full of morons, there in no point in denying it

We have the most dishonest man to ever step foot in Washington currently residing in the White House, the Koch Brothers' lap dog controlling the House, McConnell controlling the Senate, a pathological liar being nominated to the Supreme Court, and this is was a poll finds

Trust in politicians highest in decade: Gallup

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/409857-trust-in-politicians-highest-in-decade-gallup

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We really do live in a country full of morons, there in no point in denying it (Original Post) Snake Plissken Oct 2018 OP

Well, half full, anyhow. MineralMan Oct 2018 #1

Average IQ is just that and the area under the center of NRaleighLiberal Oct 2018 #2

It depends on the media you watch, that is the problem! Fox is allowed to spew their lies and go un Meadowoak Oct 2018 #5

It depends on the media you watch, that is the problem! Fox is allowed to spew their lies and go Meadowoak Oct 2018 #6

Their mantra bdamomma Oct 2018 #3

I'm not sure I would use the term "moron" but for sure our values as a nation seem to have walkingman Oct 2018 #4

I've been around awhile, and this is the weirdest sustained shit I've ever witnessed. VOX Oct 2018 #7

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

1. Well, half full, anyhow.

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:04 AM

Oct 2018

Ever the optimist, I.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)

2. Average IQ is just that and the area under the center of

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:05 AM

Oct 2018

That bell curve is significant. We are just beginning to realize what we are up against, and how we are held back or driven backwards by mediocrity and, worse, ignorance.

Meadowoak

(5,546 posts)

5. It depends on the media you watch, that is the problem! Fox is allowed to spew their lies and go un

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:21 AM

Oct 2018

Challenged, and their rollers take it for gospel.

Meadowoak

(5,546 posts)

6. It depends on the media you watch, that is the problem! Fox is allowed to spew their lies and go

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:24 AM

Oct 2018

Unchallenged. Their followers take it for gospel.

bdamomma

(63,852 posts)

3. Their mantra

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:06 AM

Oct 2018

keep the masses ignorant and uneducated then they are easier to manipulate.

walkingman

(7,620 posts)

4. I'm not sure I would use the term "moron" but for sure our values as a nation seem to have

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:18 AM

Oct 2018

worsened in the last 50 years. Especially disturbing is financial inequality, no regard for the environment, voter suppression, injustice (not only for minorities), and a country governed by $$$$$. Will we be able to shake it off and stop making our nation just another reality TV show. No so sure.

VOX

(22,976 posts)

7. I've been around awhile, and this is the weirdest sustained shit I've ever witnessed.

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:25 AM

Oct 2018

JFK’s assassination was an incredible, unbelievable shock, and the Cuban missile crisis was frightening, but it was contained by masterful diplomacy.

This slow-rolling freak-show nightmare we’re stuck in right now is nearing its two-year mark. The fact that such an unqualified, paranoid glob of assorted psychopathology is actually our president still continues to stun (daily).

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