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Post how unintelligent Americans are. * 1
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"The study by the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just 1 in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms."

Post more studies of the same :smile:


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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"When NEWSWEEK recently asked 1,000 U.S. citizens to take America’s official citizenship test, 29 percent couldn’t name the vice president. Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War. Forty-four percent were unable to define the Bill of Rights. And 6 percent couldn’t even circle Independence Day on a calendar"


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever] * 1
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1/1000 people can name the first 5 amendments?


I guess that sounds about right actually

Edited by realfuzzhead (04/24/12 10:37 AM)

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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ur dum


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"Ur cat died because he hated u" - Koods
"I hope JSB kicks your ass one day." - Vandago
"you are the biggest 'internet guy' I have ever come across"- Jokeshopbeard
"The more I see you post the more I realize you're just this fuckin tie dye loser who trolls the Shroomery 24/7." - Herbologist
"Sheekle you cannot vile the dice of bullshit you have posted on this forum over the years, I like databases" - thelastoneleft
"or maybe i just come from a blood line of superior intelligence" - trees

R.I.P Kelsy, ?/?/?? - 6/11/16

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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I feel like the self loathing urges of American's are our biggest flaw. The reason the constitution is written down and reprinted over and over is because people do forget it from time to time. If we were expected to memorize the handshake for a fraternity or the password to a speakeasy then the constitution wouldn't be written down, imo.


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"Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose
"Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS
"When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi
"Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson.
"Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: SlashOZ] * 1
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" In March 2009, the European Journal of Communication asked citizens of Britain, Denmark, Finland, and the U.S. to answer questions on international affairs. The Europeans clobbered us. Sixty-eight percent of Danes, 75 percent of Brits, and 76 percent of Finns could, for example, identify the Taliban, but only 58 percent of Americans managed to do the same—even though we’ve led the charge in Afghanistan"


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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trip forever said:
" In March 2009, the European Journal of Communication asked citizens of Britain, Denmark, Finland, and the U.S. to answer questions on international affairs. The Europeans clobbered us. Sixty-eight percent of Danes, 75 percent of Brits, and 76 percent of Finns could, for example, identify the Taliban, but only 58 percent of Americans managed to do the same—even though we’ve led the charge in Afghanistan"



Identify the Taliban? How so? You can create a "study" to return whatever results you want.


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"Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose
"Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS
"When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi
"Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson.
"Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: SlashOZ]
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SlashOZ said:
trip forever said:
" In March 2009, the European Journal of Communication asked citizens of Britain, Denmark, Finland, and the U.S. to answer questions on international affairs. The Europeans clobbered us. Sixty-eight percent of Danes, 75 percent of Brits, and 76 percent of Finns could, for example, identify the Taliban, but only 58 percent of Americans managed to do the same—even though we’ve led the charge in Afghanistan"



Identify the Taliban? How so? You can create a "study" to return whatever results you want.



Taliban members are identified by brown skin, a head scarf, and a fearsome, anti-American snarl.

...except when they look just like everyone else, which is often the case at airports.

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: SlashOZ]
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Fundamentalist Muslim movement who's militia gained much control of Afghanistan in 1995.

I think they meant to define them, not actually identify members of the Taliban...


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Edited by trip forever (04/24/12 10:44 AM)

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever] * 1
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Quote:
On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans say they "believe in the theory of evolution," while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don't have an opinion either way. These attitudes are strongly related to education and, to an even greater degree, religiosity.



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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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trip forever said:
"Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War."



Yeah, good luck with that one. What's the correct answer?


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: KremrBigSikter]
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KremrBigSikter said:
trip forever said:
"Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War."



Yeah, good luck with that one. What's the correct answer?



We didn't. It was basically a competition to be the superpower.

Technological/military advancements.


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever] * 2
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Who had the better life the kid who lived life in the jungle having a blast with his family, or the nerd who studied and went to school learning things that dont matter? I would rather have a good life and experience than to know worthless shit like the amendments like said above.


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Something there is mysteriously formed,
Existing before Heaven and Earth,
Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging,
All-pervading, unfailing,
I do not know its name; I call it tao.
If forced to give it a name, I call it
Great (ta). Being great, it flows out;
Flowing out means far-reaching;
Being far-reaching, it is said to return.


It's just a shot away..

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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I don't recall the exact percentage, but an astonishing percentage of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth.

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: Bill_Oreilly] * 2
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TheMushroomJesus said:
Who had the better life the kid who lived life in the jungle having a blast with his family, or the nerd who studied and went to school learning things that dont matter? I would rather have a good life and experience than to know worthless shit like the amendments like said above.




Yeah, but you're kinda nutty.

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: Le_Canard]
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According to a Gallup poll in 1999, 18% believed that the earth was the center of the universe.

Just found that. :highfive:


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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: Le_Canard]
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ToiletDuk said:
I don't recall the exact percentage, but an astonishing percentage of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth.




:rolleyes:

I find that hard to believe....

Maybe with the extreme lower class


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The countdown to the break up of the euro has officially begun.

A great financial crisis is going to erupt in Europe, and it is going to shake the world to the core.

If you were frightened by what happened back in 2008, then you are going to be absolutely horrified by what is coming next.

"You throw the sand against the wind
And the wind blows it back again."
- William Blake

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: Bill_Oreilly]
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TheMushroomJesus said:
Who had the better life the kid who lived life in the jungle having a blast with his family, or the nerd who studied and went to school learning things that dont matter? I would rather have a good life and experience than to know worthless shit like the amendments like said above.



You won't learn this shit in school.

You need to learn to think for yourself.

Edit: and I had a great childhood thank you very much. :cookiemonster:


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Edited by trip forever (04/24/12 11:01 AM)

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Re: Post how unintelligent Americans are. [Re: trip forever]
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Major facepalm. :facepalm:

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