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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:34 PM Feb 2017

Bill Maher Valentine message we should heed, fall in love with knowledge again (VIDEO)

Bill Maher's new rules hit the nail on the head. It is a serious message told amusingly, but one we should heed. America is on a dangerous, self-destructive sliding slope of ignorance. Bill Maher's Valentine message in this excerpted video is one many have been trying to tell.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/02/11/bill-maher-valentines-knowledge/

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Bill Maher Valentine message we should heed, fall in love with knowledge again (VIDEO) (Original Post) egbertowillies Feb 2017 OP
Intelligence !?! courtjester Feb 2017 #1

courtjester

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1. Intelligence !?!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:16 PM
Feb 2017

In the book Anti intellectualism in America the author points out that at one point in American history the highly intelligent student was placed in the same category as the deaf and blind - disabled ! And if you are the parent of a highly intelligent child you will find things have not changed much unless you are wealthy and privileged .

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