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cleanhippie

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We are truly in an "Age of Ignorance" [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP

The best post I have read in a week...Thanks cleanhippie. russspeakeasy Mar 2012 #1

Your welcome. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #2

Worse than the Dark Ages because it does not have to be this way. We know better. jwirr Mar 2012 #3

yeah, I've remarked more than a few times the irony Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #63

excellent post Carolina Mar 2012 #4

One could argue that based on that, education does not always correlate to intelligence. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #6

My GF's doctor is RW. BiggJawn Mar 2012 #25

A wouldn't be surprised if a significant percentage of doctors got into the business for the money corkhead Mar 2012 #51

Yeah, that "Bedside Manner" is sorely lacking in a lot of them... BiggJawn Mar 2012 #58

Most smart lawyers are democrats... Whiskeytide Mar 2012 #68

Being highly educated in a field of specialty is not the same as tblue37 Mar 2012 #30

i agree with you carolina iemitsu Mar 2012 #34

The owners of this country do not want educated citizens, period. Moostache Mar 2012 #5

"they behave like battered wives and DEFEND the bastards who are brutalizing them" cleanhippie Mar 2012 #8

Yep. a kind of Stockholm Syndrome en masse. nt left coaster Mar 2012 #12

And they're always hungry for an "Other" to hate. BiggJawn Mar 2012 #26

Remember that Santorum exemplified this idiocy Bainbridge Bear Mar 2012 #45

You are forgetting that the leaders of these groups mazzarro Mar 2012 #59

Exactly! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #67

rec. KG Mar 2012 #7

If people wised up in sufficient numbers, there would no longer be LibDemAlways Mar 2012 #9

Reading the comments on the article is depressing. hunter Mar 2012 #10

and its coupled with an "Age of Arrogance" ... nt wavesofeuphoria Mar 2012 #11

Arrogant Ignorance... hunter Mar 2012 #22

Didn't Pres. Obama once say, "They're proud of their ignorance." polichick Mar 2012 #54

A nation of grifters. bluedigger Mar 2012 #13

k and r for a most excellent article niyad Mar 2012 #14

Thanks cleanhippie very well written. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #15

I remember those sixties RW nuts, too, xtra... Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #49

Too true, but we have MSNBC and on radio Stephanie Miller, we're catching on now! Current TV too. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #66

back in the day it was network TV and radio TrogL Mar 2012 #70

It's the Sarah Palin legacy lunatica Mar 2012 #16

Game, set, match. krispos42 Mar 2012 #17

rec. KG Mar 2012 #18

A whole bunch of them know better gulliver Mar 2012 #19

Remember just a few years ago these people were screaming that we were traitors we need to be die or Katashi_itto Mar 2012 #20

They've been Dumbing us Down TatonkaJames Mar 2012 #21

And have been wildly successful with statins. azul Mar 2012 #28

Religion is pushed and atheists villified to keep the masses ignorant and gullible Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #23

"religious media outlets whose function is to fabricate an alternate reality for their viewers..." cleanhippie Mar 2012 #27

100% correct. nt hifiguy Mar 2012 #64

Joe was able to understand them arely staircase Mar 2012 #24

We don't have to wait 500 years Cobalt-60 Mar 2012 #72

Spot on! Plucketeer Mar 2012 #29

what is really scary is that i know some educated folks who believe those same things got root Mar 2012 #31

It's scarey to see Sanatorium win anywhere! socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #32

Yep....Propoganda Slurpers colsohlibgal Mar 2012 #33

There will always be clueless suckers meanit Mar 2012 #39

Kicked and highly recommended. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #35

My latest favorite was a Washington Journal caller on Friday who said EFerrari Mar 2012 #36

God forbid anyone would ever want to do anything to serve their community. n/t LibDemAlways Mar 2012 #40

In particular, what we need to do RZM Mar 2012 #37

Well, to be fair, educating our children to think for themselves IS a left-wing agenda. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #38

all teachers, even liberal ones iemitsu Mar 2012 #46

hmm... chervilant Mar 2012 #50

Very surprised. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #61

You have nailed it. livingonearth Mar 2012 #41

I think it has most to do with TV. And radio. FredStembottom Mar 2012 #42

there is something else Skittles Mar 2012 #43

Someone ProSense Mar 2012 #44

What's that Frank Zappa quote about how we're a generation raised on cartoons? Initech Mar 2012 #47

It's much worse than that, it's 100+ years of propaganda from everywhere just1voice Mar 2012 #48

You mentioned MSNBC. Show me when Rachel Maddow has EVER lied. Please. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2012 #69

Wow. chervilant Mar 2012 #52

Thanks for the book recs. hifiguy Mar 2012 #65

You're welcome! chervilant Mar 2012 #71

"Despite their bravado, these fools can always be counted on... polichick Mar 2012 #53

Say what! mathematic Mar 2012 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author es466 Mar 2012 #56

When ignorance became profitable. Javaman Mar 2012 #57

Yes, all one has to do to understand the problem is open any newspaper sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #60

Q: What are we becoming? A: In a word, Mordor Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #62

Putting in generic reply awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #73

Ignorance is in! Domingo Tavella Mar 2012 #74