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Aug 13, 2021 14:21:33   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Frayud wrote:
What kind of chips are the "deplorables" worried about? Potato? Corn? Poker?


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Aug 13, 2021 15:07:56   #
PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA
 
The population of the world has been "dumbed down" due to a lack of common sense and logic. I think of all the really ignorant responses that have been obtained by on the street interviews that ask questions like 'who was the father of our country?" (in the US) and "when was the war of 1812 fought?" or even "when was the revolutionary war for US independence?" So many people do not know those answers. So many know more about what celebrity is dating another celebrity than know history, math or even how to spell. It only seems reasonable that people are so easily convinced that something is fact when it logically is false and ridiculous.

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Aug 13, 2021 15:18:08   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
The population of the world has been "dumbed down" due to a lack of common sense and logic. I think of all the really ignorant responses that have been obtained by on the street interviews that ask questions like 'who was the father of our country?" (in the US) and "when was the war of 1812 fought?" or even "when was the revolutionary war for US independence?" So many people do not know those answers. So many know more about what celebrity is dating another celebrity than know history, math or even how to spell. It only seems reasonable that people are so easily convinced that something is fact when it logically is false and ridiculous.
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Aug 13, 2021 15:28:55   #
JeffL Loc: New Jersey
 
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
The population of the world has been "dumbed down" due to a lack of common sense and logic. I think of all the really ignorant responses that have been obtained by on the street interviews that ask questions like 'who was the father of our country?" (in the US) and "when was the war of 1812 fought?" or even "when was the revolutionary war for US independence?" So many people do not know those answers. So many know more about what celebrity is dating another celebrity than know history, math or even how to spell. It only seems reasonable that people are so easily convinced that something is fact when it logically is false and ridiculous.
The population of the world has been "dumbed ... (show quote)


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Aug 13, 2021 16:26:07   #
BBurns Loc: South Bay, California
 
Bob Smith wrote:
I've had the vaccine and the only side effects are I've not slept for 5 weeks look awful and have a craving for human blood. On the plus side I have been offered a part in the remake of Michael Jacksons Thriller video.

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Aug 13, 2021 18:52:52   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
No pill for stupid.

Don

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Aug 13, 2021 20:51:16   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
rmalarz wrote:
But, Duct Tape can silence it.
--Bob



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Aug 13, 2021 21:44:29   #
SteveR Loc: Michigan
 
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
The population of the world has been "dumbed down" due to a lack of common sense and logic. I think of all the really ignorant responses that have been obtained by on the street interviews that ask questions like 'who was the father of our country?" (in the US) and "when was the war of 1812 fought?" or even "when was the revolutionary war for US independence?" So many people do not know those answers. So many know more about what celebrity is dating another celebrity than know history, math or even how to spell. It only seems reasonable that people are so easily convinced that something is fact when it logically is false and ridiculous.
The population of the world has been "dumbed ... (show quote)


The population has dumbed down because of the total failure of discourse. There was a time not that long ago (I don't consider 50 years that long) when individuals with all kinds of diverging beliefs would actually discuss various subjects without going bonkers on one another. The rational thought of others was valued if not actually adopted as one's own. Those, my friends, were the good times. One thing. We actually respected one another as people apart from these diverging opinions. Now, we seem to attach values to individuals according to their belief systems.

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Aug 13, 2021 22:28:03   #
Brian J.
 
As Stephen Colbert commented on this issue those people have nothing to worry about as the zombies want to eat brains.

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Aug 13, 2021 22:46:32   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
SteveR wrote:
The population has dumbed down because of the total failure of discourse. There was a time not that long ago (I don't consider 50 years that long) when individuals with all kinds of diverging beliefs would actually discuss various subjects without going bonkers on one another. The rational thought of others was valued if not actually adopted as one's own. Those, my friends, were the good times. One thing. We actually respected one another as people apart from these diverging opinions. Now, we seem to attach values to individuals according to their belief systems.
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Steve, you absolutely hit the nail squarely on the head. Respect and consideration for other perspectives has evaporated. We may disagree on an issue, but it’s enormously important to listen and try to understand.

The late Tony Snow (Fox News, Detroit Free Press, and Prez W’s press secretary) was my classmate at Davidson. He was captain of the debate team there. His mantra was that if you could not argue for the other side well enough to win a debate, you probably didn’t understand the issue.

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Aug 14, 2021 05:27:06   #
paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah
 
jerryc41 wrote:
In the 2007 movie "I Am Legend," an engineered virus intended to cure cancer turns people into zombies. Some people think that was a true story, so they are not getting the Covid vaccine. One of the screen writers had to go online and announce that it was a made-up story.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/08/11/i-am-legend-covid-vaccine/


Then there is the scripture in Revalation about the mark of the beast, being 666 and nothing shall be bought or sold without it. It is the time, and we have the capabilities to do such. So I guess some are leary.

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Aug 14, 2021 08:23:58   #
sscnxy
 
StanMac wrote:
That is the root of the problem in America today - people can’t use their brain to discern fact from fiction anymore.

Stan


So true. Currently, that comprises a huge percent of the US population.

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Aug 14, 2021 10:00:36   #
fetzler Loc: North West PA
 
burkphoto wrote:
Steve, you absolutely hit the nail squarely on the head. Respect and consideration for other perspectives has evaporated. We may disagree on an issue, but it’s enormously important to listen and try to understand.

The late Tony Snow (Fox News, Detroit Free Press, and Prez W’s press secretary) was my classmate at Davidson. He was captain of the debate team there. His mantra was that if you could not argue for the other side well enough to win a debate, you probably didn’t understand the issue.
Steve, you absolutely hit the nail squarely on the... (show quote)


Indeed quite true.

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Aug 14, 2021 10:03:07   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
jerryc41 wrote:
In the 2007 movie "I Am Legend," an engineered virus intended to cure cancer turns people into zombies. Some people think that was a true story, so they are not getting the Covid vaccine. One of the screen writers had to go online and announce that it was a made-up story.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/08/11/i-am-legend-covid-vaccine/


And - it was not a vaccine that turned people into zombies... COVID vaccine is not made from virus, like some (very few) vaccines are.

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Aug 14, 2021 13:38:25   #
tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana
 
Frayud wrote:
What kind of chips are the "deplorables" worried about? Potato? Corn? Poker?


All the "dip chips" in Congress... oh, and those "chip heads" who judge folks without ever meeting them...

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