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millzy


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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: psi]
#19197949 - 11/27/13 07:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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politics are obviously important. but as far as americans go our system is designed to be hard to follow. i don't necessarily assume that someone is stupid because they feel discouraged and/or apathetic to the american political system because of that fact.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: millzy]
#19198041 - 11/27/13 07:48 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I used to listen to talk radio a lot and watch cspan. I knew who all the supreme court justices were, who all the cabinet members were, all about whatever current legislation was going on and I was involved in local politics and knew a lot about my state politics. Now I have to check who's sec of state, defense, even vp. I just don't give a fuck anymore. I care more about if the Cavs have a good point guard and I don't even support the Cavs. At least, with sports what you see is what you get. Kyrie can either distribute or he can't. I read somewhere that following politics was stupid because it's all misinformation and it gives you an illusion of understanding shit that you really don't. Here's what I know about politics. People who become powerful are always assholes. Assholes shouldn't be powerful. Everything about the government sucks. I hate their fucking guts. The end.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
#19198081 - 11/27/13 08:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This thread was just a decoy. I wanted to know how many of you were interested in politics or not.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: Patlal]
#19198094 - 11/27/13 08:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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people can be interested (in politics) without thinking that people who aren't interested in politics are stupid. Patlal.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: akira_akuma]
#19198117 - 11/27/13 08:10 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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akira_akuma said: people can be interested (in politics) without thinking that people who aren't interested in politics are stupid. Patlal.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: zappaisgod]
#19198158 - 11/27/13 08:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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interesting projection on Pat's part.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: akira_akuma] 1
#19198190 - 11/27/13 08:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Its impossible to get unbiased political coverage, therefore anyone following politics through the news is simply being brainwashed. I think political parties are BS too. I take a stance on issues based on my morals and beliefs, not simply to correlate with any given party. Politics has become so polarized that no real change is possible
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: Magicman69]
#19198192 - 11/27/13 08:29 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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bias is inescapable. what you want is ethical bias, which admittedly is harder and harder to find now.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: millzy]
#19198237 - 11/27/13 08:42 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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in an ethical world, it was the sanest choice.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: akira_akuma]
#19198303 - 11/27/13 09:03 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not necessarily. You can be genius and never think a thing about politics. You can be retarded and love politics. You can be a genius and love politics, you can be a moron and love politics. It has nothing to do with intelligence. Some things attract intelligence though more so than others but its still just a personal choice to be interested or not. You could argue that because politics changes our lives then intelligent people should be or are more interested in politics but that isn't always the case. I hate politics, it's back and forth gibberish that never gets settled, no one is 100% right and I think a lot of it is rigged. Politics is boring and liberals are too damn scared to make a move or take action and republicans are too damn stuck up, selfish and greedy.
I lean left but I'm pretty close to the middle ground on this. I don't bother keepin up to date cause its really annoying and you feel like there is no hope. Everything is fading fast so I just say fuck and if they decide to go tyrant on us well then I've got a gun and ill happily die a martyr for freedom.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: GreySatyr]
#19198310 - 11/27/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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you seem very interested in it.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: GreySatyr]
#19198504 - 11/27/13 10:00 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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GreyMorph said: I lean left but I'm pretty close to the middle ground on this. I don't bother keepin up to date cause its really annoying and you feel like there is no hope.
I agree with both of these sentences. I really started to keep up with politics for about six months, and I became so hopeless about the whole process that I just gave up caring. I figured, if I'm not willing to wade through a thousand tons of dogshit (I'm not) than making any kind of real difference is not really in my future. And if I'm not going to make a real difference, the best bet is to live my life the way I want and try to keep out of the eyes of authority figures, be they my bosses or CIA.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: bloodsheen]
#19198563 - 11/27/13 10:20 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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what about rats versus birds? is that politics?
am i smart now?
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: stimpson] 1
#19198627 - 11/27/13 10:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is kind of a narrow minded way to look at things.People focus their attentions and talents in different ways there is no universal meter for measuring intelligence. You could be pants on head retarded and interested in politics. You can be brilliant and never pay attention to politics. One size does not fit all.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: Patlal]
#19198850 - 11/27/13 11:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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No, I'm not the slightest bit interested in politics and I would consider myself fairly intelligent.. However I constantly see/hear people who ARE interested in them say some of the dumbest shit I've ever read/heard, especially those who are on the far right or far left.
If anything, I honestly think it's the other way around.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: Shroomslip]
#19198879 - 11/28/13 12:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Actually, I think that people who don't follow politics are more intelligent.
Remember when the big financial crisis happened back in 2008? All the bank bailouts? Personally I thought that it was complete and utter bullshit that these big banks were getting blank checks.
Well 2008, also happened to be an election year; Bush's term was ending, and Obama was running against McCain. I was looking forward to voting for the candidate that would NOT bail out the banks.
So what did these fuckers do? Bush, McCain, and Obama all met, and agreed that regardless of the outcome, the banks would be bailed out! 
Bah... bullshit. If Hollywood won't take you, there's always Washington.
Much better to invest your time and energy into art, music, finance, cooking, etc.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
#19198902 - 11/28/13 12:14 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
ch1ck3n.s0up said:
Much better to invest your time and energy into art, music, finance, cooking, etc.
that's true.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: akira_akuma]
#19198930 - 11/28/13 12:23 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think people who arent interested in politics, are more intelligent!
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: tomnl]
#19198997 - 11/28/13 12:48 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Fuck politics. I could give a shit less what happens to the future of this shit country.
Ill just concentrate on what makes me happy and let everyone else argue needlessly about concepts that will never truly change.
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Re: Do you think that people that aren't interested in politics are less intelligent? [Re: LSDreams]
#19199459 - 11/28/13 06:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think that's too much of a generalization to say they're less intelligent. Apathetic may be a better word. You are only born with so many fucks to give. Trying gain anything through politics is like beating your head against a wall
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