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yardwork

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65. Thank you all for your replies. You give me hope.

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Wed Jul 4, 2018, 10:29 PM

Jul 2018

So many of us here recognize the problem. There must be a way to overcome.

Happy July 4.

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Ignorance is destroying America. [View all] yardwork Jul 2018 OP

excellent message yarkwork. Thanks for this still_one Jul 2018 #1

Thank you. yardwork Jul 2018 #3

You are so right, which is why repugs continue to defund education... brush Jul 2018 #63

+1000 sheshe2 Jul 2018 #2

Thanks! yardwork Jul 2018 #4

You really nailed it. sheshe2 Jul 2018 #6

I get your point YessirAtsaFact Jul 2018 #5

I share all this frustration. I agree that we need the Fairness Doctrine back. yardwork Jul 2018 #8

I agree with all of what you said as the disinformation is one of two root causes Dustlawyer Jul 2018 #30

Oh, FFS! brer cat Jul 2018 #44

Sorry you believe that. Dustlawyer Jul 2018 #49

You can't make *any* advances on these issues brer cat Jul 2018 #56

I think that we need to focus on one thing - electing a majority of Democrats. yardwork Jul 2018 #53

Bingo! hot2na Jul 2018 #25

Welcome to DU, hot2na! calimary Jul 2018 #40

FD not possible - it is time to politicize advertising on political talk radio - to democratize it certainot Jul 2018 #43

GOTV. Democrats MUST retake the House in November - at a minimum dalton99a Jul 2018 #7

It's our last hope. yardwork Jul 2018 #10

Sad, but true. Captain Stern Jul 2018 #9

The numbers are there if we get them to the polls. yardwork Jul 2018 #11

Terrifying how many people are so misinformed, ignorant,and could care less. Pepsidog Jul 2018 #32

Some excellent points, especially about the criticisms of Clinton. How did that work for everyone? George II Jul 2018 #12

I know people who would have voted for the devil if that kept Hillary out Ohiogal Jul 2018 #27

Research "The Dumbing Down of America". It's been advised many times. judesedit Jul 2018 #13

Beginnings of dumbfuckistan began with Raygun. kairos12 Jul 2018 #14

Completely gay texan Jul 2018 #38

An oldie but a goodie...Iraq attacked NYC n/t hibbing Jul 2018 #15

I have been saying this for years gopiscrap Jul 2018 #16

Sort of agree. Behind the Aegis Jul 2018 #17

Or corrupt. I mean, what do you say about somebody who PatrickforO Jul 2018 #22

And ... the Labor Movement is run by communists. lpbk2713 Jul 2018 #18

And don't forget - it was really Hillary who collided with the Russians. calimary Jul 2018 #20

Requiring schools to teach critical thinking would be a good start. CloudWatcher Jul 2018 #19

Yep. PatrickforO Jul 2018 #21

That's not ignorance, that's a lack of counterpropaganda n/t leftstreet Jul 2018 #23

If ignorance is another word for being republican, I agree with you. nt Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #24

K&R... spanone Jul 2018 #26

It is appalling treestar Jul 2018 #28

AMEN!!! demigoddess Jul 2018 #29

There is a Reason for the Half-Century Assault on Public Education by Republicans dlk Jul 2018 #31

You have to keep fighting. We have to keep fighting. lancelyons Jul 2018 #33

Fox is the enemy of the people. SargeXXX Jul 2018 #34

There IS an epidemic in inner cities. I was glad to get the hell out. MadDAsHell Jul 2018 #35

I hear you, but when people are scapegoated, no positive change is possible. yardwork Jul 2018 #42

K&R smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #36

more to come OceanPete Jul 2018 #37

+1000, I remember the first time I heard Rush Limbaugh. He was on R B Garr Jul 2018 #39

There may be a little hope... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2018 #41

I really like Sarah Silverman and her unpredictable takes on things. LAS14 Jul 2018 #52

K&R. TexasTowelie Jul 2018 #45

Well Done, yardwork! Everything you stated Cha Jul 2018 #46

Happy 4th, buddy! yardwork Jul 2018 #58

Well, you too, kiddo.. like Kamala Tweeted quoting Frederick Douglass.. Cha Jul 2018 #60

I hear good things about Frederick Douglass. I think he's going places! yardwork Jul 2018 #62

Right.. who can see ol Fredrick's Cha Jul 2018 #64

Excellent post! secondwind Jul 2018 #47

Absolutely true marlakay Jul 2018 #48

Great thread Gothmog Jul 2018 #50

Soon after the 2016 election I began thinking that... LAS14 Jul 2018 #51

We actually don't have to "regain the majority" - we already are! jimlup Jul 2018 #54

I don't think it's people on the left who don't understand that majority rules in Congress. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #55

It is a teenie bit more complicated NewEnglandAutumn Jul 2018 #57

K&R Scurrilous Jul 2018 #59

Here is an old Turkish proverb -- Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #61

Thank you all for your replies. You give me hope. yardwork Jul 2018 #65

I was just thinking about this. betsuni Jul 2018 #66

Rich guss Jul 2018 #67

See below, lambchopp #70 lambchopp59 Jul 2018 #71

It's worse than that bucolic_frolic Jul 2018 #68

It's stupidity and apathy. A sizable percentage of our population just doesn't give a fuck. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2018 #69

Examples touch on, but skip one plank in the falsehood based platform: lambchopp59 Jul 2018 #70

Agreed guss Jul 2018 #72