I don’t know about stupid, but certainly apathetic. They can’t see the logical conclusions of decisions that seem “good” today but ultimately result in horrible consequences. I guess that is a form of stupid….I like to think that they are just too involved in their everyday lives to think critically when the first glance seems okay and t…
I don’t know about stupid, but certainly apathetic. They can’t see the logical conclusions of decisions that seem “good” today but ultimately result in horrible consequences. I guess that is a form of stupid….I like to think that they are just too involved in their everyday lives to think critically when the first glance seems okay and their life isn’t immediately impacted.
So rather than American voters are stupid, I think American voters are not critical thinkers and struggle to look at or make long term decisions (I reserve the right to change my mind though 😂)
I can sort of agree but most Americans lives have been impacted immediately the last 4 years. Inflation is real for most of us. Crime and drugs are impacting most every city. Kids being overwhelmed w woke ideologies is in 90% of the schools. These are immediate but somehow they will make it close in those 6 swing states to complete the double steal.
I learned a long time ago, to my chagrin, that 85% of the people out there do not connect dots. They simply can’t or don’t think more than about 2 or 3 steps. Sad but true I’m afraid.
I'm going with stupid. My communist nasty sister in law has told me she "will not listen to MY facts". Nobody owns facts. If they are facts, then they are simply that. If not , they are opinions. Told he years ago many NFL games are fixed. She told me I was crazy. Years later, one of her nephews told her the same thing. She was incredulous, but believed him. While she , and many Americans are not inherently stupid, she, and they are willfully stupid. TDS is a perfect example of what I am saying, and she has a terminal case of it.
When I was in 3rd grade years ago, I have a very vivid memory of being pulled out for some type of testing one on one. A large part of that was composed of a lesson on the definition and differences between fact, inference and opinion followed by a set of various situations that I was asked to identify as one of those above choices. My guess is that is was part of some aptitude/intellegence testing. But it made a huge impression on me at the time. All children should learn to make these distinctions.
If people can have their own facts and science is supposedly based on facts, then that means science can be whatever you want it to be apparently 😑 Which checks out for these people 🙄
Lol! I’ve been saying for decades that most people can’t or won’t do a simple “if-then” analysis. They just don’t think things through! Actions have consequences, at least consider those consequences and don’t think that your actions would necessarily change those consequences.
I also believe something has happened beyond schools to interfere with people's understanding. My nieces and nephews are homeschooled and they're bright kids. We were having a back and forth through text, being silly, and all of a sudden, they texted to say they didn't know if I was being serious or not. I was definitely not being serious; they weren't being serious. They were saying ridiculous things, I was saying ridiculous things. It was very strange. In context, I don't know how anyone could have thought the conversation was serious. They're readers. My son is not. He couldn't tell if I was being serious or not either, and he knows me pretty intimately.
I have two older boys that don't have any problem with that and never have, so I don't think it's that my nieces, nephews and son are just too young to comprehend. I just think they don't. Something made it happen. Maybe it was the lockdowns? Maybe it's TikTok brain?
Fascinating….my younger 2 have a touch of autism (okay, one is much more than a touch) and both struggle with things like that a little
I sadly followed the vaccine schedule - I’m sure the drugs changed in the 9-13 years between my oldest who does not have these issues and the next 2….I blame myself and the damn vaccines for much of this
You can't beat yourself up about what you didn't know. How could you know? I found out when a vaccine killed my firstborn, otherwise all my children would have been vaccinated. It's not our fault that we've been lied to and abused.
I know the vaccines have caused all kinds of problems but the my nieces, nephews and sons haven't been vaccinated at all. So I can't blame their inability to comprehend on that. I don't know what is causing it, but it's very concerning to me.
I don’t know about stupid, but certainly apathetic. They can’t see the logical conclusions of decisions that seem “good” today but ultimately result in horrible consequences. I guess that is a form of stupid….I like to think that they are just too involved in their everyday lives to think critically when the first glance seems okay and their life isn’t immediately impacted.
So rather than American voters are stupid, I think American voters are not critical thinkers and struggle to look at or make long term decisions (I reserve the right to change my mind though 😂)
I can sort of agree but most Americans lives have been impacted immediately the last 4 years. Inflation is real for most of us. Crime and drugs are impacting most every city. Kids being overwhelmed w woke ideologies is in 90% of the schools. These are immediate but somehow they will make it close in those 6 swing states to complete the double steal.
I learned a long time ago, to my chagrin, that 85% of the people out there do not connect dots. They simply can’t or don’t think more than about 2 or 3 steps. Sad but true I’m afraid.
I'm going with stupid. My communist nasty sister in law has told me she "will not listen to MY facts". Nobody owns facts. If they are facts, then they are simply that. If not , they are opinions. Told he years ago many NFL games are fixed. She told me I was crazy. Years later, one of her nephews told her the same thing. She was incredulous, but believed him. While she , and many Americans are not inherently stupid, she, and they are willfully stupid. TDS is a perfect example of what I am saying, and she has a terminal case of it.
When I was in 3rd grade years ago, I have a very vivid memory of being pulled out for some type of testing one on one. A large part of that was composed of a lesson on the definition and differences between fact, inference and opinion followed by a set of various situations that I was asked to identify as one of those above choices. My guess is that is was part of some aptitude/intellegence testing. But it made a huge impression on me at the time. All children should learn to make these distinctions.
If people can have their own facts and science is supposedly based on facts, then that means science can be whatever you want it to be apparently 😑 Which checks out for these people 🙄
Lol! I’ve been saying for decades that most people can’t or won’t do a simple “if-then” analysis. They just don’t think things through! Actions have consequences, at least consider those consequences and don’t think that your actions would necessarily change those consequences.
You can thank the school system.
I also believe something has happened beyond schools to interfere with people's understanding. My nieces and nephews are homeschooled and they're bright kids. We were having a back and forth through text, being silly, and all of a sudden, they texted to say they didn't know if I was being serious or not. I was definitely not being serious; they weren't being serious. They were saying ridiculous things, I was saying ridiculous things. It was very strange. In context, I don't know how anyone could have thought the conversation was serious. They're readers. My son is not. He couldn't tell if I was being serious or not either, and he knows me pretty intimately.
I have two older boys that don't have any problem with that and never have, so I don't think it's that my nieces, nephews and son are just too young to comprehend. I just think they don't. Something made it happen. Maybe it was the lockdowns? Maybe it's TikTok brain?
Fascinating….my younger 2 have a touch of autism (okay, one is much more than a touch) and both struggle with things like that a little
I sadly followed the vaccine schedule - I’m sure the drugs changed in the 9-13 years between my oldest who does not have these issues and the next 2….I blame myself and the damn vaccines for much of this
You can't beat yourself up about what you didn't know. How could you know? I found out when a vaccine killed my firstborn, otherwise all my children would have been vaccinated. It's not our fault that we've been lied to and abused.
I know the vaccines have caused all kinds of problems but the my nieces, nephews and sons haven't been vaccinated at all. So I can't blame their inability to comprehend on that. I don't know what is causing it, but it's very concerning to me.
Yes I agree, those people don’t understand actions and consequences.