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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:12 PM Original message |
Do republicans actually want people to remain uneducated? When I was in |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. the more educated the person |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely! |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, cheap labor |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Lot of truth to that. The more desperate people are, the cheaper |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. In fact, one of their big shots said that the problem with Democrats |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I've heard rethugs put down "intellectuals" too... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. This is why I have become rather suspicious of some |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Remember the whole ordeal |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think absolutely they |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lack of education leads to linerar, not-critical thinking and |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. They don't want people to be educated. |
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mazzarro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. So It Seems To Me |
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PatrioticLeftie (909 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Of course |
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seejanerun (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Read Noam Chomsky on this subject |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Well when you want to bring the country back to the Dark Ages |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, the biggest screw up of the old USSR was when they |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. My girlfriend says the same thing. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's a Terrible Gamble the GOP (Neo-Con) Invested In |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, yes and yes. I remember some time ago on a discussion |
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Ioo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes they do... |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes... the ignorant are easier to manipulate and control |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Think of the ante-bellum South |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. And also don't forget |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Absolutely! It is essential to controlling a population. How else could |
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Ally McLesbian (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, yes, and yes |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. Statistics |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. sorry |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Democracy only works with an educated citizenry . . . |
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Ally McLesbian (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Of course, the Republicans |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. They want them just literate enough to be good employees, not |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Hell they don't even need people literate |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. From Senator John A. Logan, March 1882 |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Intelligent people think critically |
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Canadian Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. In the last job I had, I had occasion to talk to a young woman |
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Ally McLesbian (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. That would heavily depend |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's extremely important to the slave owners that the slaves |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well duh |
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