Americans are Idiots

DUH!! But even I know I'm an idiot. I used to believe everything I heard just because I wanted to believe it and I had preconceived ideas and world perspectives that I eventually realized were wrong and hard to let go of. But the people in this particular article [I will get to in a second] are that special kind of willful idiot - just militantly stupid. Take this quote from Newt Gingrich, “I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9," Gingrich continues, "I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they’re my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American.” A secular atheist country dominated by radical Islamists? I wonder how many people in that Cornerstone Church actually thought, "wait.. what?" I'm hoping a majority. But in this ultra bizzaro reality we're all living in, where everything is real because we just accept it, with little to no facts, will actually lead to something much worse than what we have now. ....

A New Study Shows that Americans are Idiots 

By Jill

October 11, 2010 "Brilliant at Breakfast" - - Remember how Democrats always refuse to fight back against smears because "The American people are too smart to fall for that"?

No, they aren't. In fact, Americans are no longer capable of arriving at opinions through actual thought:

Americans have a more negative view of government today than they did a decade ago, or even a few years ago. Most say it focuses on the wrong things and lack confidence that it can solve big domestic problems; this general anti-Washington sentiment is helping to fuel a potential Republican takeover of Congress next month.

But ask people what they expect the government to do for themselves and their families, and a more complicated picture emerges.

A new study by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University shows that most Americans who say they want more limited government also call Social Security and Medicare "very important." They want Washington to be involved in schools and to help reduce poverty. Nearly half want the government to maintain a role in regulating health care.

So let's see...they like Social Security and Medicare, but they want spending cut to the bone. They want Washington to be involved in schools, but they want Washington out of their schools. They want Washington to help reduce poverty, but they don't want social programs for "Those People."

Take this woman, for example:

"I think the less the government governs us, the better we do," Norma Osuna, 48, said in a follow-up interview to the survey. A stay-at-home mother, she sees the country as going in a "socialistic" direction.

Did anyone think to ask her what her evidence was for her view that the country is going in a "socialistic" direction? Has she thought about it, or is she just parroting Glenn Beck? Do any of the journalists who talk to these people actually ask them to explain their views or how they got there? ... 

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