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Hermit-The-Prog

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9. And as they get away from Ma and Pa MAGAt,
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:54 AM
Feb 2020

Stats show that the higher the education, the more likely to vote Democratic.

Those other kids wearing MAGA hats are reflecting the parents. Perhaps they have not yet reached the age of rebellion or perhaps they just need some more education to realize that they've been lied to.

There is a reason why the GOP has attacked education for decades.

The Demon-Haunted World [View all] kpete Feb 2020 OP
Just got a chill reading this. Zoonart Feb 2020 #1
Same here! JudyM Feb 2020 #6
You both should humor me DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #31
I save the following for threads like this Bob Loblaw Feb 2020 #36
Interesting. Mencken was talking about the dangers of direct PatrickforO Feb 2020 #42
Suffice it to say, "stupid" people voted for trump Bob Loblaw Feb 2020 #44
Love it......N/////c DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #46
Definitely! JudyM Feb 2020 #45
Don't think that is going to happen DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #47
That book is one of the reasons I keep hard copies of media I value. Arthur_Frain Feb 2020 #52
And a prophet is just someone with enough sense to think ahead... FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #26
Here's my 2-second sound bite: Educate the electorate. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #2
You can take a horse to water.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #5
Yep! It's really, really hard to educate the willfully ignorant... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #7
The willfully ignorant -- Yes! King_Klonopin Feb 2020 #54
And as they get away from Ma and Pa MAGAt, Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #9
I hope so. Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #10
Hi HH Bob Loblaw Feb 2020 #35
I also like a takeoff on the horse saying, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her Karadeniz Feb 2020 #27
I gave up trying to educate them. Hotler Feb 2020 #55
Insightful, right up until he disses Dumb and Dumber. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #3
Yeah, I mean even Lloyd Christmas can appreciate knowledge... blugbox Feb 2020 #33
Carl probably never saw it. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #57
Not everyone who likes a movie or TV show soldierant Feb 2020 #38
K&R smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #4
Kick & recommend. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #8
"A celebration of ignorance" Mister Ed Feb 2020 #11
That jumped out They_Live Feb 2020 #20
Got a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach reading this. How foretelling. Fla Dem Feb 2020 #12
It's from 1995. We just somehow survived Reaganomics and his CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #17
I wonder whether his reaction to cable TV stations like Science and History RVN VET71 Feb 2020 #13
How about The Learning Channel (TLC)? CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #18
All of them, except maybe the Smithsonian RVN VET71 Feb 2020 #49
Fred Allen also said this: CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #56
Kick dalton99a Feb 2020 #14
One Ingersollman Feb 2020 #15
Thanks for posting a quote from this great book! klook Feb 2020 #16
I'm re-reading this book right now Dukkha Feb 2020 #19
What an incredible human being. CrispyQ Feb 2020 #21
Thank you for this. volstork Feb 2020 #22
Thank you, kpete Hekate Feb 2020 #23
Totally agree! Mickju Feb 2020 #24
Sagan feared the influence of entertainment and pseudoscience muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 #25
He left us too soon. We need thinkers. Karadeniz Feb 2020 #28
One of my favorite books MythosMaster Feb 2020 #29
A prescient scientist though that could be a contradiction in terms? yonder Feb 2020 #30
And this was before Twitter and Fakebook and after the film Network. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #32
a life changing book for me. mopinko Feb 2020 #34
10-second sound bites -- a.k.a. "Tweets" Blue Owl Feb 2020 #37
Snopes says this is accurate and the actual quote text. erronis Feb 2020 #39
Two healthcare workers that come to my Ilsa Feb 2020 #40
Truer Words Were Never Written... StarzGuy Feb 2020 #41
Yup, it was going on in Sagan's lifetime misanthrope Feb 2020 #50
Sagan saw clearly. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #43
Yes. Dear Carl. coti Feb 2020 #48
Antidote: Elizabeth Warren. dchill Feb 2020 #51
I read that book Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #53
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