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Food Eater Lad · 10-31-2003, 10:28 PM

There's one other point I'd like to address here. Mike spewed the following idiocy.

Moore said politicians can manipulate voters because we grow up in a system of "enforced ignorance" in the United States.

"Everything is about trying to keep us as stupid as possible," he said. "If you don't know what's going on, you won't rise up, will you?"

Moore cited a National Geographic poll of American 18- to 25-year-olds. Eighty-five percent couldn't find the country of Iraq on a map, 60 percent couldn't find Great Britain and 11 percent couldn't point out the United States.

"That's how the Bush administration has gotten away with what it's done -- fear and lies and an ignorant nation," Moore said.

Somehow, in Mike's delusional mind, George Bush is responsible for the ignorance of Americans who were at least 15 years old when he took office three years ago. Let us not forget that the entire education system in this country is dominated by the liberals Mike supports and the unions that Mike loves. Let us also not forget that the United States spends more money per student on education than any other nation on earth. So, if students in this country are graduating from high school and college wholly ignorant of the world around them, it has nothing to do with Bush and everything with Mikey and his leftist ilk.
A. The majority of 18 to 25 year olds are too stupid to be able to find prominent countries on a map.
B. Their stupidity is somehow Bush's fault, instead of being the fault of their parents, teachers, and principals. (Bush wasn't even elected to a national office until year 2000)
C. Very few 18-25 year olds vote. The vast majority of them are not even registered to vote. So, how is their ignorance responsible for Bush being elected, when most Bush voters are middle-aged career people who not only could find those countries on a map, but actually name the country's leaders, units of currency, form of governments, and capital cities?

Actually:
The majority of Moore's audience and followers are those same brainless 18-25 year olds who he derides as being stupid. It is Moore who is exploiting ignorance. His fawning little Moore-dilettantes never even bother to question his faulty reasoning, blatantly false statements, selective ommissions of relevent facts, theft of creative ideas, and his flawed cause-and-effect assumptions.
Without ignorance, Moore wouldn't even have an audience.

10-31-2003, 10:28 PM	#73 (permalink)
Food Eater Lad Banned	There's one other point I'd like to address here. Mike spewed the following idiocy. Moore said politicians can manipulate voters because we grow up in a system of "enforced ignorance" in the United States. "Everything is about trying to keep us as stupid as possible," he said. "If you don't know what's going on, you won't rise up, will you?" Moore cited a National Geographic poll of American 18- to 25-year-olds. Eighty-five percent couldn't find the country of Iraq on a map, 60 percent couldn't find Great Britain and 11 percent couldn't point out the United States. "That's how the Bush administration has gotten away with what it's done -- fear and lies and an ignorant nation," Moore said. Somehow, in Mike's delusional mind, George Bush is responsible for the ignorance of Americans who were at least 15 years old when he took office three years ago. Let us not forget that the entire education system in this country is dominated by the liberals Mike supports and the unions that Mike loves. Let us also not forget that the United States spends more money per student on education than any other nation on earth. So, if students in this country are graduating from high school and college wholly ignorant of the world around them, it has nothing to do with Bush and everything with Mikey and his leftist ilk. A. The majority of 18 to 25 year olds are too stupid to be able to find prominent countries on a map. B. Their stupidity is somehow Bush's fault, instead of being the fault of their parents, teachers, and principals. (Bush wasn't even elected to a national office until year 2000) C. Very few 18-25 year olds vote. The vast majority of them are not even registered to vote. So, how is their ignorance responsible for Bush being elected, when most Bush voters are middle-aged career people who not only could find those countries on a map, but actually name the country's leaders, units of currency, form of governments, and capital cities? Actually: The majority of Moore's audience and followers are those same brainless 18-25 year olds who he derides as being stupid. It is Moore who is exploiting ignorance. His fawning little Moore-dilettantes never even bother to question his faulty reasoning, blatantly false statements, selective ommissions of relevent facts, theft of creative ideas, and his flawed cause-and-effect assumptions. Without ignorance, Moore wouldn't even have an audience.