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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Aww, c'mon now Ab, that's not really fair.
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I certainly didn't intend for it to be fair. It's called sarcasm.
EDIT: Just noticed your Daily Show reaction. Well, no wonder you don't like my sense of humor, lol.
But really, is it really so elitist that I expect the average American voter to exercise critical thinking skills and to not be totally swept away by the lowest-denominator propaganda that is shoved at them on a daily basis? I have the same expectations when I am teaching. I expect my students to use their brains. When they don't, they get punished for it in the form of grades. Does that mean all teachers are elitist because we have high standards for people to actually think and evaluate and NOT say things like, "I just can't imagine an American president with the name Barack Obama... that's why I won't vote for him." (Yes, I actually heard this a few days ago, from a mother of one of my close friends.)
Funny, I thought that it was a good thing to expect that the average person has the brains and skills to pick their way through a presidential election... should I keep lowering my standards? That's the message I'm getting in this election.