Stoopid Peepul

[unapatriciated]

What is it about stupidity that America seems to love so much?

This glorification of stupidity has been consistently promulgated by films like Dumb and Dumber, Legally Blonde, Dude, Where's My Car, Idiocracy, Borat and - god help me - Forrest Gump. We Americans love stoopid peepul. As much as I enjoy the series Eureka, it's telling that in a town full of geniuses, the schtick is that it’s the not-genius sheriff (at least he isn't portrayed as a slapstick idiot) who usually solves the problem by either shooting it, whacking it with a stick or driving his Jeep into it. The geniuses are stereotyped as bumbling, socially inadequate, skinny, malformed, couldn't get laid if their Nobel Prize depended on it geeks. (Not helped that Bill Gates fits the physical profile). Real life geniuses, like John Forbes Nash, are presented as more cautionary tales - See? See? That's what happens if you get too smart, you become paranoid and go insane. Told ya so. Pass the popcorn, Ma..

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/stoopid-peepul

Tell me again why they objected to President Obama encouraging their children to stay in school and study hard.

[abo]

1. nice post

although it seems a bit divicive.

[kenny blankenship]

2. I welcome their harted

[rbrnmw]

29. LMAO!!!!!

[bigwillq]

3. Might want to to try spell check

DU has that feature.
Welcome to DU! :hi:

[unapatriciated]

6. I tend to believe they are the ones being "divicive"

You say patata I say potato.

[rurallib]

8. Maybe the freepers that troll over here will have their feelings hurt

My feelings have been hurt by unnecessary deaths in Iraq, lack of health care and an administration that emptied the treasury into their buddy's back pockets.
In comparison, I think we can let the freepers feel we are 'divicive'

[abo]

10. what's a freepayer

?

[Pangolin2]

14. Heh...I hope you find that shed someday.

:D

[Arugula Latte]

16. Seriously ...

Is there not ONE of you who can spell?!

:rofl:

[Shandris]

26. Divisive?

Yah, I'd suppose it was a tad divisive. I don't know about you however, but I'm through trying to be friends with these idiots. Their 'policies' have always been way the fuck out there to begin with, and time has only worsened it. But we've come to an age and time where their idiotic 'beliefs' and their foolish 'expressions' are killing people and destroying lives. I don't have the wherewithal to deal with that kind of muck-breathing imbecile, I don't have the patience for it, and I won't abide it.

They can DIAF with their 'expressions', they can all suck up along with Beck&Co.'s astroturfing, they can be 'Energy Citizens' or whatever the hell the movement of their day is. More power to them. Just keep it the hell out of my way, the way of my friends, and the way of my family. They openly, willingly acquiesce to the talking heads on the most propaganda-filled network to air on television since the late 30's, do so proudly, and go out of their way to interfere with the lives of people they know nothing about SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THEM. Every fucking time one of their beloved policies hits home, suddenly it's an international catastrophe because they don't think the rules apply to them. That's the kind of self-centered nature that gives rise to the most callous, horrid judgments rationalized for the most transparent of reasons.

Divisive? Good. I'm not their friend. I'm not their wife. I SURE as hell am not their 'ally'. I am their ENEMY because they have willfully chosen to attempt to harm me. I'm sick of hearing them threaten us. As an old friend of mine used to say, jack the sound barrier and bring the noise.

[liberal N proud]

4. It's simple, a stupid public is easy to manipulate

They were worried about Obama "indoctrinating" their children because they all were indoctrinated when they were children by the never ending conservative brainwashing that takes place in one generation to the next.

Conservatism is easy, people who are too lazy to think will fall prey to the conservative propaganda simply because it is broadcast on 5 networks 24/7. The boob tube has made us all boobs.

Just like people can't stand that a black man is in the White House, they also can't stand that their children might become smarter than they are. They might become intellectual and that would lead them away from conservatism.

[DollyM]

11. don't you mean a stupid "pubic?"

Oh where is that picture . . . it has to be my favorite . . . it says NO PUBIC option wanted here! or something like that. It makes me laugh everytime I see it.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Welcome to DU.....this is the place to vent your political frustrations

The GOP is stuck on STOOPID...their senses sullied by constant brainwashing from Pub Masters and RW Media Ideologues

:hi: Opi

[unapatriciated]

7. I guess 2007 qualifies as a newbie to you

:hi: :rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

17. Oh shit, srry, was meant for Abu...7 posts..which I read as 1 post...due to old eyes

:hi:

[unapatriciated]

23. no problem I knew that, just having fun.

something ABO can't seem to do.

[abo]

33. get your

eyes checked out. I am confident that I have not expressed any Republican talking points. I respond to this because you singled me out for this message. Y'all are a bunch of stereotypers.

[abo]

9. funny

funny that people on this site are giving each other greeef over speling erors, espeshally considering the topik and the meening of this thred. I thot astroterf wood be a perfectly executed C. Rove style attack.

[unapatriciated]

12. No "greeef" just a little laugh.

So what you are saying is, if they misspell a word often enough it will become the correct spelling?
Is that their plan of attack to dumb the rest of us down to their level.
Or maybe they just think the 'English' dictionary is Un-American.

:rofl:

[abo]

13. yeah, that's it

They're conspiring to take the country down via two means.

1- undermine the spelling system.
2- promote the concept of individualism.

You're onto them now, give them hell.

[Pangolin2]

15. Some will appreciate that...many won't.

:D
:rofl:

[abo]

18. ess instead of cee.

These elitists make me feel bad for not having mastered the English language. It's not been easy to get as far as I have, but there's always some jackass waiting to jump me for an honest mistake. Usually some college kid.

[unapatriciated]

20. Well, you know what happens when you assume.

You started with the insults. I have been around a long time and it's going to take more than that to upset me. For starters I worked two jobs to support my children. Watched my youngest child fight Dermatomyositis for ten years, while my insurance company denied and delayed treatment. This caused him to be crippled for life. So you calling me an elitists is really, really rolling in the aisle funny.

I do suspect you made a left when you thought you were making a right.

[unapatriciated]

19. Sorry, haven't seen a whole lot of individualism.

Not sure what your problem is, are you making three rights in your attempt to make a left?

[abo]

21. where were my three rights?

I'm having a hard time with this site. It is hard for me to navigate. No excuses for being a poor speller. This is difficult, however, just to get a bead. I'm enjoying it, though. Where were my three rights?

[unapatriciated]

22. Your first one was calling me divisive for posting an article from C&L.

Your second right was thinking the tea baggers had in any way shape or form demonstrated individualism.
Your third right was assuming I was an elitist.
So tell the truth are you ready to make that left?

[abo]

24. Ah

Ok, it took me a long time to refind this thread. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but this site it tricky, at least for me.

Your first post had no quotation marks. I assumed that it was your voice, rather than some snotty "e-journalist", being devisive.

The "tea baggers", as you call them, are individuals, are they not? Did they not act under their own power, to express themselves? Explain to me how they were coerced into performing the evil things that they did.

I don't recall saying that you're an elitist. Can you help me out there?

[unapatriciated]

25. Here you go.

"These elitists make me feel bad for not having mastered the English language. It's not been easy to get as far as I have, but there's always some jackass waiting to jump me for an honest mistake. Usually some college kid."

&forumhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg=389&topic_id=6542027&mesg_id=6542781

You just made a fourth right (now you should be heading home) by calling Nicole Bell a snotty "e-journalist".
Did you not follow the link? She is far from snotty, she was making some valid points regarding the dumbing down of America.
Oh by the way "tea baggers" is the name they chose, not mine.
If repeating misinformation fed to them by Beck, O'Riely, Rush and Limbaugh is expressing themselves, than hey let them express away.

It was not your misspellings that I objected to, it was your message.

[abo]

27. correct!

You are right. You did give me grief for my misspelling(s). You are an elitist. Forgive me for overlooking that.

The term "fourth right" is good.

I did not follow the link. I just read the text that I assumed that you had typed. I assumed that it was your snotty language.

When did they choose the term "tea baggers"?

What message of mine do you oppose?

[gaspee]

28. You're right!

You *are* stupid.

We can't all be born smart, but maybe you stupid people can acknowledge that you're stupid and stop trying to do things you're just not capable of.

Listen, I know I'm average looking and will never be model material. I accept that and don't try to be a model. Maybe you dumb asses should acknowledge you are *not* smart enough to run the freaking country and you should worry about balancing your own checkbook.

Just look at what you idiots have done to this country over the past 8 years (30, really, with a brief blip of the smart people in charge under Clinton)

[abo]

32. what a strange reply

I must be stupid. I can't figure out what you're telling me. You're saying that you're homely- that's not a sin.-You're in good comapany. But you're accusing me of attempting to run the country. (the freaking country at that) What the fuck are you getting at, man? I'm just a guy sipping whiskey. You should have no idea how I've voted for the last 20 years. What the fuck is wrong with you?

[unapatriciated]

34. Oh but I spelled it correctly.

Your u-turn is complete. The firs time they organized one of their little tea parties. But you knew that. Have a Nice Day.
Bye bye

[abo]

35. that's it?

Again, when did they choose the term "Teabaggers"?
What message of mine do you oppose?

I won't hold my breath for your answers.
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[anonymous171]

30. I see the culture warriors are at it again.

[and-justice-for-all]

31. Granny on Social Security and Medicare needs to turn her sign around. nt