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John Fugelsang mocks Pres. Dumpster Fire's "literacy." (Original Post) Different Drummer Oct 2019 OP
I have news for John lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #1
"A result of our failing educational system..." PJMcK Oct 2019 #6
yes...the failure to fund public education lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #7
Thank GAWD..... MyOwnPeace Oct 2019 #9
The Average I.Q. in the US is 103. That means half of population is under average. TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 #8
Yet neither noticed it's outrageous not outrages lettucebe Oct 2019 #2
Post deleted Garrett78 Oct 2019 #3
I think that was Fugelsang's point. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #4
I think Fugelsang "defiantly" knew what he was doing Bob Loblaw Oct 2019 #5
sarcasm doesn't come through via text or tweet lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #10

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
1. I have news for John
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 03:36 PM
Oct 2019

62 Million are also "functional illiterates"

A result of our failing educational system... and, to be honest, probably devolution of general IQ due to diet, exercise, and chemicals in our environment.

PJMcK

(22,034 posts)
6. "A result of our failing educational system..."
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 04:38 PM
Oct 2019

For at least 3 decades, Republicans have been attacking our public educational system. The functional illiterates are the result of those attacks.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
7. yes...the failure to fund public education
Sun Oct 6, 2019, 04:46 PM
Oct 2019

and EXPECT better results and hold students and teachers accountable will continue to plague the US.

For much too long we have depended on importing the "best and brightest" for technical innovation.

Unfortunately, that doesn't help us with purely domestic "political IQ", add to that the brainwashing by right wing media of over a generation of Americans... and President Trump is the result.

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