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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:13 AM Feb 2015

Red State Voters Are Stupid For Electing Insane Republicans


Red State Voters Are Stupid For Electing Insane Republicans

One can hardly feel empathy for the people living under Republican extremists because unlike people suffering under fanatics in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and ISIS-controlled Iraq; red state extremists are chosen by incredibly stupid Americans to govern.

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Too bad we all pay the price f/ their willul ignorance when they send those extremists to DC.

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Red State Voters Are Stupid For Electing Insane Republicans (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP
They're not 'stupid' elleng Feb 2015 #1
one of the meanings of stupid is slow witted HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #2
They are IGNORANT, elleng Feb 2015 #3
Sad, world wide wally Feb 2015 #4
These people beileve in an ideology that drives them to vote against their interests. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #5
What about us blue states that elect republicans? Glassunion Feb 2015 #6
Propaganda and Group Think pretty much rules the Red States. Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #7

elleng

(131,025 posts)
1. They're not 'stupid'
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:23 AM
Feb 2015

or 'willfully ignorant,' they're MADE ignorant by repug policy, anti-education and pro-propaganda. We all suffer as a consequence

Panich52!

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
2. one of the meanings of stupid is slow witted
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:31 AM
Feb 2015

as in slow to connect the dots between cause and effect.

imo it's more likely that they are slow-witted in realizing they vote against themselves than it is that they are insane.

elleng

(131,025 posts)
3. They are IGNORANT,
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:34 AM
Feb 2015

and encouraged to remain so by repugs. Many of the repugs they elect are 'insane.'

Stupid = lacking intelligence or common sense.

world wide wally

(21,749 posts)
4. Sad,
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:35 AM
Feb 2015

But quite true. And some states like Florida and Wisconsin even reelected them a second time. Yep, the word is "stupid"

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
5. These people beileve in an ideology that drives them to vote against their interests.
Mon Feb 23, 2015, 12:57 AM
Feb 2015

It works like religion.

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