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18. Yep. Democracy must have an educated citizenry

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Fri Sep 17, 2021, 10:11 AM

Sep 2021

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The GOP is not interested in a democratic system and will do anything they can to keep people ignorant.

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I came across an article that reinforces my contention that too many Americans [View all] totodeinhere Sep 2021 OP

Maybe they think knowing those things doesn't matter leftstreet Sep 2021 #1

maybe ignorant is a more exact word nt msongs Sep 2021 #2

The 74 million votes goes a long way toward the indication of "stupid". GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #4

+100! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #5

Well, half the eligible US voters don't vote leftstreet Sep 2021 #7

Non voters suck, IMHO. Lazy asses... Progressive Jones Sep 2021 #32

Not knowing these things is ignorant. Adding on that you don't think you need to know... Silent3 Sep 2021 #11

republican leaders know this and like it that way. It's the only way... brush Sep 2021 #3

Yep. Democracy must have an educated citizenry Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #18

"ignorant" is a better word than "stupid" Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #6

True. They've been brainwashed with bad data from right wing media cynical_idealist Sep 2021 #9

I'm fine with using "ignorant." Neither ignorant nor stupid is a good thing. totodeinhere Sep 2021 #12

I found myself bluedevil4 Sep 2021 #8

Schoolhouse Rocks modrepub Sep 2021 #10

I had forgotten bluedevil4 Sep 2021 #13

Do these kinds of "studies" look at how many people know how to find out what those branches WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #14

Well if they don't even know how to find out what those branches are then that totodeinhere Sep 2021 #16

Reciting things by rote is not a sign of intelligence. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #17

Yes, I know intelligence is a function of the ability to solve problems. totodeinhere Sep 2021 #28

Sen. Tuberville thought the three branches of government are "the House, the Senate and executive." keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #15

How many elected officials can name the three branches of government? Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #19

They all should, but if not, two wrongs don't make a right. n/t totodeinhere Sep 2021 #29

I didn't mean it that way. I meant the entire GOP is full of idiots. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #31

Yeah, but Tubes is an absolute *whiz* at diagramming an off-tackle Buns_of_Fire Sep 2021 #20

Recently, I saw a Jimmy Kimmel clip PatSeg Sep 2021 #21

A lot of people just don't have the time Blue_Adept Sep 2021 #23

I think for many people, PatSeg Sep 2021 #24

A lot of us read on our phone Blue_Adept Sep 2021 #34

My daughter-in-law does the same thing PatSeg Sep 2021 #36

They don't have the time to learn civics, but they have the time to mount a reresection on Jan. 6. totodeinhere Sep 2021 #30

What's been show repeatedly is when you surprise someone on the street Blue_Adept Sep 2021 #35

The right wing have deliberately damaged education since the days of "grammar schools". lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #22

Think ignorant is a more accurate description peggysue2 Sep 2021 #25

Bedtime reading keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #26

"If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #27

Here's a public service announcement: Dr. Strange Sep 2021 #33