Because religion is pushed on children and education has been defunded for 20+ (Reply #35)

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Sat Jun 20, 2020, 05:48 PM

NightWatcher (39,343 posts)

35. Because religion is pushed on children and education has been defunded for 20+

Make em stoopid and gullible and then it's easier to rule.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
WHY ARE AMERICANS SO DUMB? [View all]	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	OP
Dumbest country in the industrialized world	BannonsLiver	Jun 2020	#1
Where is that?	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#4
Scotland	BannonsLiver	Jun 2020	#5
Ahhhh..	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#7
Yeah I've spent a lot of time in the U.K.	BannonsLiver	Jun 2020	#8
Cool.	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#12
No, THAT is cool!	BannonsLiver	Jun 2020	#15
My ancestors beg to dffer	Cirque du So-What	Jun 2020	#18
Good question, are there any other countries where wearing a mask is this controversial?	tulipsandroses	Jun 2020	#2
Cult	yankee87	Jun 2020	#3
I blame it on	Ohiogal	Jun 2020	#6
This	oswaldactedalone	Jun 2020	#13
Without a properly functioning Fourth Estate, keeping the electorate informed and holding	sop	Jun 2020	#22
There has been a multi-decade assault on public education by Republicans	dlk	Jun 2020	#9
"I love the uneducated."	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#14
They are sheep who line up to buy his snake oil.	dlk	Jun 2020	#17
Makes me think of	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#19
Yes, I remember the film well	dlk	Jun 2020	#21
Flim flam	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#27
Professor Harold Hill promoted the "Think Method" of music education.	LastDemocratInSC	Jun 2020	#36
Our schools are at the core.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jun 2020	#10
Great info and	cilla4progress	Jun 2020	#16
America should have the best public schools in the world-we have the necessary resources	dlk	Jun 2020	#20
Too often people are not willing to pay the taxes needed for good schools.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jun 2020	#28
The tax structure to support schools could be reconfigured to be more equitable	dlk	Jun 2020	#30
Yep.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jun 2020	#33
There's an idea!	dlk	Jun 2020	#34
FOX NEWS nt	blaze	Jun 2020	#11
This goes along with my question	area51	Jun 2020	#23
For some people the Bible is a textbook.	dem4decades	Jun 2020	#24
Magical thinking, especially among religious sects, has replaced science for many.	jalan48	Jun 2020	#25
George Carlin had a bit on why Americans weren't better informed/smarter	RockRaven	Jun 2020	#26
I would say a large part of it is the education system	Luciferous	Jun 2020	#29
GW Bush made stupid acceptable IMO.	lpbk2713	Jun 2020	#31
Brainwashed by their news source choices?	Brainfodder	Jun 2020	#32
Because religion is pushed on children and education has been defunded for 20+	NightWatcher	Jun 2020	#35

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