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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:28 PM Original message |
Don't You Hate Educated People? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pretty much the entire country hates educated people - it's the national pastime. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. This is another reminder of my trip to Freeperville the other night. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. The Freeper was right! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Learning and reading and such is boring huh Laurie? Just tell her what to write ok. |
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theblasmo (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #117 |
162. You can do/receive both... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #117 |
166. sexist much? n/t |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
171. LOL! |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
196. My RW brother told me years ago to speak English around him |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #196 |
235. Could you please post in English? |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. If that's true...then it's time it changed. If the last eight years... |
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MotorCityMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
161. Nothing has changed since I was in high school |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #161 |
194. Same thing happened to me, only it was... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. I'm hoping sufficient exposure to a truly educated and intelligent |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. What I truly like about the way the POTUS talks is that I can understand |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #89 |
149. That should be the case - and I'd say that a truly able communicator |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
92. And vise versa. |
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pauldg0 (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. Obama is a self made man...... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #111 |
135. excuse me, his mother worked for the ford foundation. no "dirt". |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #135 |
193. As far as I know, his grandfather was an insurance salesman and his grandma |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #193 |
198. Furniture salesman; grandma twice a bank VP, 1st in Seattle (before Obama's birth), |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #198 |
199. Well, I never said he was "dirt poor"... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #199 |
201. She met Soetoro at university in Hawaii. He'd already gotten a BA in Indonesia. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #201 |
207. As for Harvard...Ever hear of something called "scholarship"?..Hello?? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #207 |
210. You don't seem to be familiar with the colonial set-up. The ruling class lived much like their |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #210 |
211. indonesia 1957 - wotta "shithole"! everyone eating dirt they just peed in. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #210 |
212. Doesn't look like a "hut"?...Doesn't look like ANYTHING but a wall behind a few people |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #212 |
214. soetoro's uni - |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #214 |
215. No...a veritable palace, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #215 |
218. kind of |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #218 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #221 |
224. that's the original building, circa 1949. There was more by the 60s. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. in fact, i was born in the first decade after ww2: loggers/millworkers. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #216 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #225 |
226. What's pathetic is the extent of your ire when someone contradicts the little |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 03:52 AM Response to Reply #226 |
227. Again...I never said nor thought that he worked his way up from "poverty" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #227 |
231. This thread started with someone saying obama worked his way up from dirt. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #231 |
233. I got involved because you said he was "upper middle class" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #233 |
237. uh, check the record, you got involved after the first post, lady. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #237 |
240. Funny...I haven't seen a single post on this thread agreeing with you |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #240 |
244. thought you already have me on ignore. you said you did. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #244 |
245. "i don't give a damn what "most people" think".....Sure -- that's why you post on a public board |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #245 |
247. yes, let's see if you can restrain yourself from getting in the last word. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 03:42 AM Response to Reply #240 |
248. Here we see exactly the appeal of anti-intellectualism. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #248 |
251. I'm not "overcome by facts" in the slightest...If you buy her idea that |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #251 |
253. If you're not overcome by facts, you'd argue facts with Hannah, rather than reception of the facts |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #253 |
254. What "facts" are you referring to? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #254 |
255. Hannah presented a good deal of evidence, and you decided to take it to the... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #255 |
257. Deleted message |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #257 |
258. You've been flippant and rude to her and she has responded nicely to you. I won't tolerate your... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #258 |
260. You beat me to it! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #258 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #201 |
213. Soetoro's university, circa 60s-70s - wotta shithole! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #213 |
217. So now you're points have shrunk to a single one |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #217 |
220. no, they haven't. i don't dispute obama got scholarships. i dispute he worked his way |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #220 |
222. Do you dispute the existence of a "middle class"?..It would seem so |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #222 |
223. I don't dispute the existence of a middle-class. I dispute that standard oil |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #111 |
158. Obama wasn't born wealthy, but he was born into a family that valued education... |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #158 |
241. He was born into a family with wealth |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #241 |
252. Any links for your assertions?... |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #252 |
256. Wikipedia |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #256 |
261. Yeah and if you go to this link |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #261 |
265. yes, now show me the page where kids whose mothers work for USAID & Ford Foundation, |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #92 |
127. Doesn't take an ivy league college to get an education |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. And like the lead in the water delivery system in ancient Rome ... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
99. Boy, are you right! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
136. judging from DU, i suspect the reverse - 80% of posters here seem |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
183. Educated people are dangerous. |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
228. Wasting America's talent |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hate arrogant people regardless of their education level. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
81. I find ignorant arrogance FAR more annoying than knowledgeable arrogance.. |
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jamesatemple (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. How about this old equation? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. That certainly sounds about right... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #90 |
169. I prefer my sig line. nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
113. Arrogance is a personality flaw. Ignorance is not. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #113 |
153. Willful ignorance is. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #153 |
179. Well of course. |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #81 |
242. Except that... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wish I could rec this ten times! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Anti intellectualism and the pride in it is not limited to the Washington |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Believing the mythology in an almost 2,000-year-old book is a virture. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The culture war is just a smoke screen. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Absolutely! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I doubt it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #44 |
139. judging from DU, no. you'd think we were living in the 18th century, with women walled up in their |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. take out educated |
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Richlu (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
75. No, religion is used to keep people stupid |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. and am upset by it's misuse. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. If faith is the end of inquiry, how do you explain Miguel Hidalgo? |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
100. "questioning authority" ... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
108. Ah, so you were talking about philosophical inquiry. |
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Richlu (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #108 |
170. Religion has been used by the powerful to pervent thinking |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #100 |
133. One of my pet interests is comparative world religions |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #133 |
164. The key phrase for them is 'when the evidence is clear' |
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Richlu (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #133 |
173. Basic tenants of most religiouns are similar |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
101. Consider the Jesuits ......... |
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Richlu (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #77 |
168. It's true |
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bigscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
123. BUT |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #123 |
141. would you be happy in a world in which you weren't comparatively wealthy & educated? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #123 |
259. What makes you think they aren't? Are they not working to maintain their place? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
138. a deliberately manufactured one. you win the prize on this thread. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #138 |
181. Thanks! |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
264. Yes, indeed...If it's almost 2,000 years old it MUST be "mythology" |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
110. Harlan Ellison also commented on it in the Glass Teat |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. Kurt Vonnegut theme |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
230. The "press" who do this |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. delete |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think Al Gore is a wonderful human being and a great American. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I love Al Gore too. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
134. Superpower yes, the rest of your list we are working on. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Ditto n/t |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Some people HERE hate educated people ... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. My current fav is the oh-so-serious thread about how cool a SCOTUS pick would be... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sadly, I've missed that ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well for the moment we have had lotsa fun here |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Ahhhaccckkk! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I should use a nice smack down, I did, with people like this |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
112. Hehe, thanks for the link. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #112 |
219. Actually it wasn't even you |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Here ya go... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Oh, that "oh-so-serious" thread! LOFL! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
143. some folks are just too "educated" (cough) for their own good. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
69. yeah, we've had that with the * administration. And they were lawyers too |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. What's wrong with that??!! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Fer the record we have had justices that were not |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
104. SC Justice Robert Jackson never went to college. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. I don't think that's the issue ... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #107 |
154. In order to get that kind of education |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #104 |
116. Two points, he was part of the legal profession |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. Apprenticeship is a more effective training method |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
124. the former President was a lawyer and had judicial experience |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Yes! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. It shouldnt surprise you--the gumball who started that thread flunked the 2nd grade! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #64 |
144. i can think of lots of schmoos who would have done better than bush v gore. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. What was lacking there was integrity. You find plenty of that |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #146 |
174. And that ideology sprang from them organically? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #174 |
202. Wasn't she also from Regent's? |
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Skratchez (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
74. This may be a little dated... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Yes, because Obama reads DU for SC suggestions |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
86. Yeah. Law should be written in Latin and read to us by priests. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
203. Bwaaa!!! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
188. Yeah, I got pooh-poohed in that thread. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #188 |
204. Who pooh-poohed you? Lemme at 'em! |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
192. I'm convinced this OP of that thread is just trolling. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #192 |
206. Depends what you mean by "just". |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
88. yes, just look at the anti-vaccination and anti-science threads. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #88 |
130. you only show your lack of education when you make such statements. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #88 |
156. science? you mean like Merck's "Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine"? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #156 |
160. And let's not forget the 'Nobel' prize for Economics. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
94. Don't forget all the anti-intellectual woo woos who prefer BS ahead of science. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
105. Wasn't forgetting ... |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
106. We are an anti-intellectual society. Talk a good game about education, but do not follow through. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #106 |
147. Add to that billions are spent each year on proms. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. Education's bad for bidness |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. There are plenty of pro-corporate thinkers out there. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
145. plenty at DU, too. including some of the folks here denigrating those they call |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #145 |
178. How can you tell on DU whether someone's "non-collegiate"? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #145 |
182. Yep. nt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. If everyone was educated in this country, |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Not necessarily. Remember that Bush & Co. were all well educated. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Yes, they received degrees |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Nice clarification... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
148. if i recall correctly, bush & kerry went to the same school & bush's gpa |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
62. They were legacy admissions and got gentleman's Cs, most of them, but they were not |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
187. That's the key right there. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
82. I will say that their professors probably TRIED to educate them... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
91. Education and intelligence are two different things |
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suede1 (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm still waiting for the press, (of the ones who caused it) for an apology for giving us eight |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
103. There's a book you want to read: |
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suede1 (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #103 |
195. Great, thank you! |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's not the education, as such. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I concluded a long time ago that willful ignorance has nuting to do with |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Yeah, I bridle whenever I read someone write something about how |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. They aren't ignorant. They are evil. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
65. Yes, too true. Whether through family influence or not |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Who says "Idiocracy" was fiction? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I think I will finally go rent the damn thing |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. oh yeah - go get it |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. It's a FABULOUS documentary. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. It's too realistic to be satire. n/t |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. Jamison Foser and MediaMatters are consistently outstanding. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. being as I have a master's degree... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. So do I |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. one of the criticisms of Gore was that he explained too much, folks don't do 'nuance' |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
84. People do not like to be challenged |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. Here's some truth: "There are perhaps only two groups of people who view knowledge as a flaw... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Add those who know they are too far away from Knowledge that they want everyone else to |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. People making fun of people for being intelligent |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. K& EFFING R! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. Don't You Hate Educated People?... no i really dont. i appreciate, value, like to be around |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. "You think?" -" Haven't had to for the past quarter century!" |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. This appears to be a nationwide problem. I've even seen in here at DU. NT |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. This is the same shit Frank Rich, MoDo and Bob Herbert were slinging at Gore in 2000. nt |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Frank Rich |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Yeah, he was. All three were enablers. I recently went back and read some of the columns. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #72 |
102. Don't forget that great "liberal" Margaret Carlson |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #102 |
157. I'd forgotten about that one. nt |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. 'I don't understand, therefore you are idiots.' Roland Barthe |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. Yes we have this problem |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. I always like how the people who stoke this stuff |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. DU's arguably most reviled author |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
59. America hates educated people and loves stupid people |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. NO ( * ) was not 'elected' twice, many idiots voted for him |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. I am somewhat less educated than Al Gore, and MUCH less.... |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. I have such self loathing for my educted self |
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hangman86 (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. Hating smart people is much easier than actually getting off your ass |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
71. I Hate Them. Including Me!!! |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
73. Remember how they came down on Obama... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. Thank you, Al Gore, for taking the time to read the important legislation |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
80. & the knuckle draggers wonder why they are losers, you can't go through life w/ Crib notes. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
85. They don't use their guts enough. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
87. America has always had a strong anti-intellectual bent. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
96. The Palin wing of the GOP has weird inverted values re. knowledge & education.. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
97. It's not just a right wing thing. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
98. So when does Token Blaque, the African American, Republic talking head... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
109. Regressing is where it's at. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
114. As a veterinarian, I can personally attest to this country's major |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
115. Richard Hofstadter wrote the ultimate book on American anti-intellectualism |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
121. I was in Las Vegas this weekend... |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Do you think anyone consciously acts "stuck up?" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #122 |
150. yes, people do act like they are better than others, based on whatever |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #150 |
167. I think it can be both |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #122 |
175. Yes I do think some intentionally and knowingly act "stuck up." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #122 |
249. Yes, I do think people put on airs. I've seen it too many times not to think so. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
125. in england they call the Corporate Talking heads "Readers".. not journalists. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #125 |
131. They could be referred to as Script Readers here, but are sadly considered "journalists." |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
126. K&R |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
128. My conclusion is the more educated |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #128 |
137. Ah, another favorite cliche about education. The well-educated |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #137 |
184. some of them don't n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #184 |
246. A flaw which the non-well-educated obviously lack, right? (nt) |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #128 |
142. Sometimes it isn't a case of not having common sense, but of having a mindset shaped via profession |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
129. Al Gore read 648 pages? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #129 |
185. Or will ever read. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
132. Intelligence in America is only valued if it translates into making a lot of $ |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #132 |
155. 100% correct |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #155 |
165. Yes. Unfortunately there are those |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
140. It ain't so much education, it is Class. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #140 |
151. and it works both ways, some of the comments on this thread re the |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
152. I witnessed the degradation of the US university system |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
159. Is there any wonder why America is losing it's edge? |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
163. you left out the GOP and their attacks on INTELEK-U-ALLs |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
172. If you want things to change |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #172 |
176. The problem is varied as the "dumbing down" is rampant throughout the corporate pop culture |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #176 |
190. I think you have some very valid points |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #172 |
177. But that's socialism |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #172 |
180. No, it's much easier to blame culture. That way the rich don't have to pay anything. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
186. My parents valued education above all. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #186 |
208. You do realize that today people don't have anything like the GI bill |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #208 |
209. Yes you are right. |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #186 |
229. My dad grew up poor |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
189. I wonder if Laurie Kellman has any children in school and if so, |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
191. Anti-intellectualism is as American as apple pie. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #191 |
197. Yes, a poisoned apple pie laced with arsenic, all for the purpose of weakening |
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WoodyD (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
200. Just last night I was rereading "Guards! Guards!" |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
205. "It took me two transcontinental flights on United Airlines" |
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Mayor McCheez (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
232. People always mock what.... |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
234. Knowledge |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
236. knowledgeable arrogance is far more annoying than ignorant arrogance |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
238. I grew up in an anti-intellectual household. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
239. Bush was someone people could "have a beer with" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #239 |
243. America loves synthetic culture, & the land of Make Believe. Hence the hatred of 'conspiracies' |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #239 |
263. Average I.Q. is about 100...High Average is 110...Gifted starts at 130.. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
250. The well off already receive an amount of respect and deference that is threatening to social good. |
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