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Johonny

(20,818 posts)
16. No, I didn't say that at all
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:05 AM
Mar 2016

In America we put a climate scientist on TV or in front of congress and nearly always an equal number if not more climate deniers. Even though the science out put of the two groups and the scientific basis of the two groups is not equal. There is no reason to give stupid an equal voice at the table when they're facts are not equally in validity or valid at all. The goal of American media and American politics these days isn't to inform, it is to keep the controversy alive. From Obama being born in Kenya to the mythical oppression of Christians the stupid have a seat at the table. You could claim they have more than one seat. We as a society don't have to do this, it certainly doesn't serve us, and yet we allow it without question. They claim they are being fair to the other side (as if truth had a side), but the fairness doctrine only works one way, for the stupids favor. When the stupid lose an argument (and they always lose) they never go away because our media and politics guarantees they don't have to.

No, for two reasons. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 #1
I've gortten this from cousins and neighbors Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2016 #3
No, we didn't go that far. For us, mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 #6
You cannot reason with an unreasonable person by appearing to be reasonable. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #2
That trickle down gonna start trickling anytime soon? gratuitous Mar 2016 #4
But Abe Lincoln said you can't lift up the wage earner by tearing down the Kardashians Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2016 #9
It seems to me that that's voluntary. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 #10
Whether people watch them or not gratuitous Mar 2016 #12
Okay. Well, under the circumstances, if I ever start watching them, mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 #13
Never seen it before nxylas Mar 2016 #5
Here's the Wiki poop: marble falls Mar 2016 #7
You cannot fix stupid, you can only stop giving its voice equal weight Johonny Mar 2016 #8
That sounds like "don't dignify it with a response." Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2016 #11
No, I didn't say that at all Johonny Mar 2016 #16
Sorry to have misunderstood your point Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2016 #17
Since they have chosen to use generalities flobee1 Mar 2016 #14
Ok. Here goes... madinmaryland Mar 2016 #15
I have a response to all of them! HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #18
Here's a short, to the point, catchy response... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #19
Turn them around into the "Ten CANs" and they are just as relevant ... Whiskeytide Mar 2016 #20
I tend to not hate those hfojvt Mar 2016 #21
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