i think it happen with Obama ....Obama was great ..but it sparked the HATE in this country ...then trump came along and lit that hate on fire and he kept fueling that hate ... Then he was elected president to boost his TV show ....and the decline began ....just keeps throwing GAS on the fire
thats my opinion ....i remember watching OBAMA inauguration and said this will create a monster this country has ever seen .....i was always wondering if the country could handle a president of color or a female president .....I WAS WRONG ...it cant ....the hate is worst than i thought in the US
They aren’t stupid, they just have never been taught to think critically. When I was in school in the 1950s we were taught civics and critical thinking, as well as slant in newspapers and magazines. All of those things have gone by the wayside, especially in red states.
Civics was cut off from the curriculum in favor of “Government”, a generic curriculum which glossed over how everything was supposed to work. My teacher offered bribes for grades and became angry when nobody took him up on it, then proceeded to give tests on the current deficit. At the second.
The Republican's dumbing down of America works, doesn't it. Keep the people stupid, and they are easier to control, the republican motto. Welcome to dumb America, now known as East Russia.
And 50% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.....Did Dems not know these facts and what might resonate with those voters vs what might alienate them?
That's one of the main reasons. If you can't understand what's written, you rely on who and what you hear, and unfortunately for us, you fell for Trump's shit. If you'd ever read how he fucked over everyone he'd done business with, then you'd realize he just fucked you over.
Yup, “Idiocracy” was a precise observation.
Hold on to your hats folks, it’s about to get stupid…..but,
Please do remember:
“In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king”.
There is an advantage here.
It's not just about education:
The majority of the people I know (I've come in contact with thousands doing research) up here in New England are very well educated.
It's inherited dysfunctionality.
The idealistic sadistic mentality;
Racism, bigotry and misogyny Hate, Envy, Fear.
And all the liberals who sat out the election in protest and/or voted for a 3rd candidate... I honestly think we're here because of the people who didn't vote, not because of the people who did. 😔
proletarians attempted to start a non committed movement when Palestine was raging to bring awareness of Amerikkka foreign, policy. Isnotreal was granted sovereignty by Amerikkka to destabilize the Arab Nation. Really puts 9/11 into a new light as we’ve been played by both sides hard.
Plus 36% of this country didn’t vote. I guess a highly qualified African American woman with executive, legislative and judicial experience didn’t matter.
And how many have a comprehension ability much above that?
The moneyed class want a docile, uneducated and gullible electorate, one easily distracted by bullshit culture war issues, while they fill their boots in the dark.
Or if you're Trump, in plain sight.
Oh yeah- I was definitely giving him the benefit of the doubt on retaining his youthful cognitive “sharpness” - in reality, that dunce is about as sharp as a bowling ball.
That is so, so sad. In my state they did a study a awhile back, we're on the Atlantic & 64% of students graduating high School couldn't locate the Pacific Ocean. I don't know what to do with that information to this day.
& 32% were functionally illiterate. This is students graduating high school.
I also know plenty of people who have learning disabilities and whose first language isn’t English who would never vote for trump, because they don’t have hate in their hearts.
Yep exactly. For the first time in American history intellectually challenged MAGA dimwits have someone who is "like" them, he is "funny", not the status quo. All the things stupid people like but forget there is a country that has to be run...that didn't matter cas he is just like them 😔
Decades of "real men don't read" and celebrating "the cop who just can't follow the law" and "demonstrable science can't be right because I have a magic book that says different".
That's how we got here.
"It's a fact that I believe it, so that makes my opinion fact." - Newt
Please don't blame the teachers for this - they have a tough enough job as it is. How about blaming the students who refuse to learn, and how about blaming the parents who refuse to encourage them to learn. The buck truly stops with the parents.
Totally agree. The design is to eliminate critical thinking skills and to indoctrinate a specific worldview. That's the purpose behind school vouchers. When I was a teacher I always told students, "Don't let someone else tell you how to think." Hopefully I reached a few.
Blame state Boards of Education who provide the curriculum for schools in their states. Red states don’t allow teachers to teach skills that are necessary to discern truth from fiction.
Sixth grade reading level isn’t the issue; that’s high enough to function. The bigger issue is the lack of critical thinking and curiosity. That kills.
You can look at my state, Ohio. The Ohio GOP has zero interest in public education. The citizens are much easier to manipulate and control if they are poorly educated and unable to think critically.
The McNamara Moron doctrine prohibited idiots from serving in the military, However, a brilliant Republican strategist (Lee Atwater) said why not turn them Republican's so they can vote. Now they want us all to be morons so we can all vote for them every 2 years. Recognize any of these guys?
The fault lies in our education system. The teachers and administrators prefer to advance our children without benefit of having them fully taught the basics of reading and writing and comprehending.
Wrong. It's not the teachers. It's the dumbing down of America that the republican party has been doing for decades. It's starts with cutting the funding to the education systems. Keep the people stupid.They are easier to control. The republican motto.
Giving kids boring crap to read with no relevant information abt the current reality must help.
I cannot remember a single assigned book from grammar school. But I started reading Science Fiction in 4th grade. In 5th grade they said my reading was at 7th grade level.
Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse
Actually, I have tremendous respect for teachers. I have also witnessed them advancing one of my sons year after year when he should have been held back. My mantra to them and his counselors was to do whatever was needed to ensure he completed the tasks assigned. I know I did my part. I followed up.
Only parents can hold back kids. You sign your parents' rights every IEP.
However, really the error you seem to be making is just your sweeping generalization. If you had said, "With one of my kids I wanted him held back and didn't understand why he wasn't," then that would have been fine.
I requested. I recommended. This was early on as I adopted him at age 8. We can certainly argue our points, but I worked with the school. Regardless, you are correct. I made a generalization for which I apologize. I will ask this, however, why is the reading level perceived to be "sixth grade"?
To determine lexile, you test vocab, comprehension, and structure. Adults aren't tested, but graduating seniors are, and by extrapolating higher Ed and reading habits or different demos, you can get good statistics with a good margin of error.
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think that the idea that a majority voted for him is flawed. Its time to accept that he stole it and rethink how badly wounded the American people are.
The media and Democrats let this
happened by normalizing Trump's actions and rhetoric
Merrick Garland for not taking action on Jan 6
Mitch McConnell voted no to convict the trump because of constitutional concerns.
The highest court gave him full immunity
And here we are.
He cheated in classic GOP, non-conspiracy theory ways, like redistricting, census manipulation, restrictive voting laws, purging voter rolls, misinfo and propaganda bots, and campaign finance violations.
Still only gained 4% in popular vote over 2020, and the population grew 1%. Not impressive.
Not hard to figure out who they are. Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, maintenance, etc. They make a good living without the advanced education. I see them everyday. Go to Lowe’s and/or Home Depot
Alternate theory: Musk screwed with the votes tabulation and Trump did not really win: he stole it from Kamala. IMO, it's not his first rodeo. He also stole Hilary's victory in 2016. I didn't expect our government to let him get away with it a second time. Silly me.
No its because they hacked the election and everyone started blaming each other (which was a secondary goal: destabilization of Democracy) & it worked a treat for MAGA cause all they had to do was distract and scream “mandate” and we all looked the other way.
Stop looking down on people and start helping them to get the facts and recover from the brainwashing they've been subjected to. Mocking them sends them into his arms.
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Maybe the biggest crime known to man in all of civilized history. It's the propagandists and those tossing them dimes with the promise to get rich.
Piece of work.
Just keep scrolling and take in every little morsel they carefully hand feed us.
They engineer and curate all of our social media engagement, and they make sure that what we see on one site is what we'll see on the other.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9j8r8gg0do
Hold on to your hats folks, it’s about to get stupid…..but,
Please do remember:
“In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king”.
There is an advantage here.
The majority of the people I know (I've come in contact with thousands doing research) up here in New England are very well educated.
It's inherited dysfunctionality.
The idealistic sadistic mentality;
Racism, bigotry and misogyny Hate, Envy, Fear.
He makes them feel like they should have the right to be violent, angry and offensive - And that kindness is a weakness
The moneyed class want a docile, uneducated and gullible electorate, one easily distracted by bullshit culture war issues, while they fill their boots in the dark.
Or if you're Trump, in plain sight.
He was gonna make us great
Sounds like he failed?
He's suffering from dementia, likely strokes and advanced age.
Now it's likely half that. Let's just say age hasn't been kind to him.
& 32% were functionally illiterate. This is students graduating high school.
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+americans+can%27t+read+above+a+6th+grade+level&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS746US746&oq=how+many+americans+cant+read&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBEAAYChiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAAGAoYgAQyCggCEAAYChgWGB4yCggDEAAYChgWGB4yCggEEAAYChgWGB4yCggFEAAYChgWGB4yCggGEAAYChgWGB4yCggHEAAYChgWGB4yCggIEAAYChgWGB4yCggJEAAYChgWGB7SAQoxMzQ2NWowajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+americans+can%27t+read+above+a+6th+grade+level&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS746US746&oq=how+many+americans+cant+read&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBEAAYChiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAAGAoYgAQyCggCEAAYChgWGB4yCggDEAAYChgWGB4yCggEEAAYChgWGB4yCggFEAAYChgWGB4yCggGEAAYChgWGB4yCggHEAAYChgWGB4yCggIEAAYChgWGB4yCggJEAAYChgWGB7SAQoxMzQ2NWowajE1qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
That's how we got here.
"It's a fact that I believe it, so that makes my opinion fact." - Newt
But I do blame Reagan/Bush education defunding and the shifting of funds earmarked for education to corporate-run charter schools.
This was done by design to make more voters dumb enough to fall for GOP bullshit.
Any bubble head
white people live there
and plenty of them are rich, educated and unabashed about their white supremacy
I cannot remember a single assigned book from grammar school. But I started reading Science Fiction in 4th grade. In 5th grade they said my reading was at 7th grade level.
Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse
Damned If You Don't
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/24064
Omnilingual
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/19445
Ultima Thule
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/30334
Cat & Mouse
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/24392
Little Fuzzy
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/18137
However, really the error you seem to be making is just your sweeping generalization. If you had said, "With one of my kids I wanted him held back and didn't understand why he wasn't," then that would have been fine.
To determine lexile, you test vocab, comprehension, and structure. Adults aren't tested, but graduating seniors are, and by extrapolating higher Ed and reading habits or different demos, you can get good statistics with a good margin of error.
FAILURE of DNC to invest as the RNC was- networks of all media
and the top of the ticket? DISCONNECT from the voter base
Biden said 1 term only. Pelosi & Schumer- FAIL
happened by normalizing Trump's actions and rhetoric
Merrick Garland for not taking action on Jan 6
Mitch McConnell voted no to convict the trump because of constitutional concerns.
The highest court gave him full immunity
And here we are.
Still only gained 4% in popular vote over 2020, and the population grew 1%. Not impressive.
Biden put her in a terrible position, with little time,
She was so tied to him that despite his unpopularity, she never made a serious attempt to differentiate herself from him.
From then on, she managed to make just about every wrong decision, hemorrhaging votes
is a decrease of ~8%. Double the amount Trump gained.
And turnout, generally an indicator of how well the Dems did, was down from 66.6% to 63.9%.
Other than 2012 (Obama's 2nd), no other election since 2000 has had less voter turnout than the last.
Encouraged Dems to plug their ears (sometimes literally) to avoid discussing the complicity of the DNC in Palestine,
She supported violently putting down peaceful protests,
And laughed in their faces when called on it.
Meanwhile, an extremely vocal and wide reaching coalition of people told her every bit of this was a mistake.
Ironically, those people are now her default group to blame for her loss.
Every accusation a confession with him if you’ve noticed
2. Desire to belong to cult of hate is not because of illiteracy - Mein Kampf was not a graphic novel.
I would like to have seen that.
And they want it to be even dumber.
The TEACHERS/ EDUCATORS? The parents of the children? The Education system?
George Carlin
Here is proof
https://youtu.be/j4p_RgeuuJc?si=8AoIMvrkSyKUvXFz