Is stupidity contagious ??

[kentuck]

I have seen some of the most stupid comments from people saying why they support George W Bush. I just heard another on MSNBC. Some young voter was saying that Kerry was "wishy-washy" and that Bush was very "decisive". And it didn't matter if his decision was deadly wrong, the important thing was that he was "decisive". I cannot believe some of this crap that comes from the Bush supporters. It is not good to call people stupid, but is there a better word?

[Hello_Kitty]

1. That young voter should

Decisively join the Army and decisively fight for his decisive leader in Iraq. That's all I've got to say to any Bushie under the age of 35.

[soupkitchen]

2. Donald Trump fired the an Apprentice the other night with this comment

She's decisive but wrong.
I thought it might apply to why we are going to fire Bush come Nov. 2

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. People are reading from scripts. "Wishy-Washy" and "decisive" are terms

that Rove brought to the debates

[Parche]

5. terms

along with "you can run, but you cant hide"

Didnt he tell Osama bin laden that too?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. Twice

We have become such a sloganistic society it makes Orwell look like a prophet

[nikatnyte]

4. Three categories of Bush supporters

The way I see it, there can only be three significant groups of people who support Chimpy:

-- Special interest groups (corporations, NRA, etc.)
-- Extreme religious right
-- The incredibly stupid/ignorant/uneducated

Please, please, PLEASE tell me these collectively don't constitute the majority in our country!!

[skygazer]

6. Yes, it is

I firmly believe that. My theory is that it's easier to be stupid than it is to be smart. Rather than educate themselves, really research things, find out the facts, people on the whole prefer to be told what to think and do. The GOP knows that. We Democrats expect people to make up their own minds. That's harder. Smarter and harder.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. Move along, move along now... nothing to see here... these aren't the ones

you are looking for.... (essentially the same mindset)

Obiwan Knobe

[MsTryska]

9. yes stupid is bad word...they are

"concrete thinkers"

ie: thick as bricks.

[On the Road]

10. When People Can't Support an Emotional Decision,

they find alternate reasons. Any reasons. The fact that so many people give ridiculous reasons is an indication that they don't have any better ones.

It has a go long way towards lunacy before most people wake up. I think that will happen after the election.

[bloom]

11. I think intellectual laziness is contagious.

I think some people mirror the curiosity... or lack thereof of those around them.

[arcane1]

12. not only contagious, it's a WMD

and there has been frighteningly rapid proliferation lately...

[ladjf]

13. No, but religionism is.

[Shadow30]

14. I think they don't think....

....these sort don't really want to think about the issues thats why they like Bush for being stubborn and sticking to his ideas even when they are so far off base.They want everything shrunk down into neat little sound bites,catch phrases,and quotes.Thats why they spout such drivel because thats how they think,thats why there are people out there who's whole case against John Kerry is saying "Those damned liberals!"in truth most of them don't know what liberal means or have a severely distorted view of its meaning feed to them via the sound bite,sum up happy media.There the sort with short attention spans,they want all the days news summed up in 5 minutes flat,instant microwave food no matter how bad it tastes,they want what they want right now and if its boring,scary or depressing get over it fast so they can get back to there self centered little lives.They believe or want to believe in an absurdly simple world where this group is bad and this one is good and there is nothing else,your either for us or against us.Bush is a simple president for simple minds and its his appeal to them,it doesn't matter if he is wrong,if he lies,if he kills or steals,he can sum it all up simply and in a neat little sound bite sized package.Kerry is to smart for them,to complex,Kerry contemplates his actions,Kerry sees more than one side of an issue,Kerry knows life is not so simple and Kerry knows to try and sum somethings up in a 30 second space of time is not possible if you really want to be accurate.Kerry is for smart people,people that want a better world,people that want to see this country not just exist but thrive,people that see the future need not be so bleak with the right people at the helm.Bush appeals for stupid people,rich people,corporate thieves and zealots.

[George W. Dunce]

15. Any undecided voter at this stage

in the game, that will site "flip flopping" or Kerry being "wishy washy" and cannot see their own hypocrisy in that, are stupid and only influence other stupid undecideds to echo these statements....I believe they are trying to show the rest of us that they are thinking the whole situation through. They have not payed attention to anything in nearly 4 years and now they are "cramming". They are much to busy helping America find it's next pop super start or trying to pick the perfect spouse for some whinny girls father. You know all the really important issues of the day.

[Lucygirl]

16. I think I found a home...

I view anyone who would vote for Bush as someone who has, or has developed a severe character flaw.

But hey that's just me!

One of the dumbest remarks I heard while registering folks to vote in my county was this...

"Voting for Kerry is like voting for a Kennedy."

I couldn't roll my eyes fast enough over that one!

[newyawker99]

17. Hi Lucygirl!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: