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JDinTX's avatar

Exactly, people believe that crap. I wish Allred had said that it was a lie, but he just focused on abortion. The mountain of lies just sat there and stewed.

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Rita Parker's avatar

It's worse than that. People believe what they want and they don't take time to find out what's true or not. Idiots.

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TCinLA's avatar

The average person in their 20s-30s (i.e., the average parent) reads on a 7th grade level - and half are worse than that - and mostly they don't read.

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Susan Troy's avatar

Ah. So correct. Reading is my way of trying to cope with the ignorance of it all. For me, reading is freedom.

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Rita Parker's avatar

It's interesting because even fifty years ago newspapers wrote at an eighth grade level so everyone could understand what they read. But with social media, 24/7 cable, tik tok, Twitter, and whatever else is out there you're right, they don't read. People also can't think for themselves or process information. They look to the above to tell them how to think. Then churches went from helping the poor and preaching the gospel to become rabidly political. Hell of a thing.

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TCinLA's avatar

Back then, an "eighth grade level" was equivalent to a college freshman level today. They don't read, they don't want to read, they can't read, they can't comprehend what they read. Basically, the "non-college-educated" under 50 *are* the Gammas. Thanks to Public (Mis)Education.

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Rita Parker's avatar

Sounds about right.

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JDinTX's avatar

Lesson from WW2 was that propaganda works. Empty heads are all ready for it, and some that just have a few holes. But hey, the Nazis werenтАЩt so bad.

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