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In reply to the discussion: Are You Dumber than an American? [View all]ElboRuum
(4,717 posts)...but irrelevant. Although, there may be quite a few scientists getting a chuckle out of the fact that this dimwit would even bother to make the comparison. As if there are a bunch of gobsmacked scientists sitting around the television going, "Really, he WASN'T a scientist? I would've lost that bet."
Your point is what... we have superstitious idiots in the United States? Gasp! The horror.
Somewhere outside of Stockholm, probably in some rustic rural village, there is Rubio's equal in intellect and belief. And much like Marco Rubio, he is probably the source of a lot of tragic comedy, the subject of laughter and derision. He is probably known as the village idiot. He may be forbidden from driving a car, or using power tools. He may have to eat his dinner with a fork that has a cork on the end so that he doesn't accidentally impale his face on it. His name might be Ruprecht, although, it may not.
We in the U.S. are very progressive compared to Sweden when it comes to our village idiots. While they hide their idiots from the world such that they do not shame them or their national pride or character, we allow them to seek jobs, drive motor vehicles, eat with unfettered flatware, and even run for public offices. Sure, this might seem quite odd to the European mindset and be seen as shameful by them, causing them to question our entire nation's sanity, but they are already wont to think the worst of us as is. It's apparently the trendy thing these days.
But in truth, when it comes to our village idiots, we are much more humane than the Swedes would ever dare be.