PeterS

Somehow I'm not surprised at all...

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2018/08/propaganda-works-58-percent-of-republicans-believe-education-is-bad/?fbclid=IwAR2kKBUyhJ9Upnl9wvEMTQcWLrdKkCjt3kK5ki-DqxArMr8og38PqEZnjx4

Critics of Fox News may discount the effectiveness of the right wing outlet’s effort to t***sform America into a f*****t theocracy controlled by the ultra-rich and extremist evangelicals, but that would be a monumental mistake. Like all successful propaganda agencies, Fox broadcasts talking points crafted by evangelical and corporate activists nonstop until their mendacious messaging is considered biblical t***hs.

Fox News, like Republicans and Trump, could never succeed as an ultra-conservative propaganda outlet without an ignorant population. The only way to continue having success at propagandizing is convincing Americans that being educated and informed is detrimental to the nation and its citizens; something Fox and Republicans have been very successful at over the past two years.

The idea that education is bad for the country is contrary to the belief of the Declaration of Independence’s author, Founding Father and third American President Thomas Jefferson. He said:

“An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.”

Another legendary world leader, Sir Winston Churchill said:

“The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.”

Obviously, the current administration and the Republican Party it represents wholly disagrees with the concept of a well-educated citizenry, or that it is beneficial to America if the populace is educated and informed. Likely because the less educated the people are, the more e*******l support Republicans enjoy and the more success Trump has as the ultimate purveyor of “f**e news.”

That being the case, it should be no surprise that since Trump’s poorly-attended inauguration there has been a concerted effort to dismantle, and eventually destroy, America’s education system; from public elementary and secondary school to colleges and universities. It is also not stunning that Trump and the GOP’s propaganda arm Fox News have played a crucial role in convincing Republican v**ers that education is “bad for America.”

For years conservatives have demeaned “secular” education, and over the past decade Republicans have pandered to the religious right by railing against higher education with valuable aid from the GOP and Trump’s propaganda agency Fox News. It is evident that neither Trump, Republicans, nor Fox News would exist without a fair number of the population mired in rank ignorance about everything, and that does not include the contingent religiously v****g for Republicans and contrary to their best interests.

To demonstrate precisely why the people’s freedom, and democracy, are in jeopardy today, a recent poll revealed that nearly 6 out of ten Republicans sincerely believe that “education is bad for America.”

Seriously, it is beyond the pale that anyone in this country thinks education is bad for America, but nearly 60 percent of Republicans is a mind boggling number. It is not entirely unexpected, but it is stunning that they have no issue telling a pollster that they believe education is a negative for the country.

It is noteworthy to mention that to Republicans and the Trump organization, all education is not “bad;” only secular education and only subjects not steeped in extremist conservatism and not recorded as Bronze Age mythos in the Christian bible. If America’s education system followed that of theocracies founded on religion, such as in Iran or Afghanistan under Taliban rule, Republicans would spend an unlimited amount of taxpayer money on education. Instead, because America is still a secular democracy with Separation of Church and State enshrined in the First Amendment, Trump and his evangelical malcontent Education Secretary are on an honest-to-dog religious crusade to decimate public education and create a system of taxpayer-funded evangelical madrasas.

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

Your Professors Couldn't Pass An Entrance Exam From 100yrs Ago
Presuming You Even Finished Your Poli-Sci Course

Universities Conduct Remedial Courses For New Students
Before They Can Even Start 101 Classes
Way To Go On Education, Progs !!
(Way To Go On Social Engineering In General...)

Lonewolf

If people get smart they v**e democrat

Lonewolf

If people get smart they v**e democrat

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

Like THAT !??! ^ ^ ^

HA-HAA !!

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

You are a wickedly unscrupulous and profoundly ignorant anti-Christian bigot. It seems your life's mission is to find all possible means to vilify Christians rather than seek the most important thing in human life--T***h.

We are not against education, we are against ideological indoctrination. Public schools today are not teaching students how to think, they are teaching them what to think. And, what they are being taught to think is void of any moral virtue or principled attributes. The ideologically driven secular humanist academicians who spoon feed the masses of malleable minds conveniently ignore the fact that 85% of the world population are affiliated with a religion--they believe in something greater than themselves.

Public education today is GROUP THINK, and it has resulted in extreme r****m and anti-American h**e speech. Without an absolute moral reference, it is impossible for anyone to think for themselves; conversely subjective morality destroys the ability to make critical judgements between right and wrong. Discussing the philosophy of ethics from a secular, humanistic viewpoint is an interesting intellectual exercise, but the simple fact is that fallen man cannot discover t***h and goodness without God.

But, you go ahead, Pete, build your house on sand, sow your seeds among the rocks and weeds.

Lonewolf

Your party has control all branches of government and have far more governors so why don't you fix it?

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Conservatives don't "get smart" they become educated and they always v**e conservative because they love freedom. If you push them hard enough they will fight you to the death to preserve freedom.

Lonewolf

And of course, you picked a coward as commander in chief capt bone. Spure!

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Funny! If Trump is a coward why does he turn your spine into jello? You progs constantly nip at his ankles like a pack of Rat Terriers and he kicks at you a few times and you run off squealing like stuck hogs. We got rid of the coward commander-in-chief, Obama, and refused to put another in his place. Lone wolf, the more often you speak up the more convinced we become that you're not the brightest bulb.

Lonewolf

of course, Trump is a coward draft dodger who compared him having unprotected sex with serving in Vietnam!
The trumps of this Country yell charge but send our children up the hill not there's!
When walks out of the WH he will be put in cuffs His family will proceed him to prison!
And all these Russian contacts are just an accident!

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

It's the quality of education. Poor quality and the lack of need for it in a career makes folks wonder why they spent money on it in the first place.

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Sonny, you are certifiable. Seriously, you're plum crazy! Are you by any chance incarcerated, institutionalized in a state mental facility? If not, you probably should be. I know that most of you aren't smart enough to dream up perversions of T***h like you pose here and other sites therefore, somebody is supplying you with your bovine scatology so you can embarrass yourself. They are not your friend! Best find yourself a few of those old fashioned smart pills.

Lonewolf

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Interesting. Show us the list of wives and deferments not pictures and unsubstantiated claims. And then let's discuss your Hollywood heros and your own Democrat legislative hero's. I'm here waiting............