#1 Threat to America: Democrats Win in November

[Lockback]

You sound as if you desperately need more fiber in your diet.

Just expel the ten best-educated states with all those Democrats, and Bob's your uncle!
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I'd watch those independents if I were you:

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Those IQ numbers look pretty low to me.

 

[schmidlap]

Those IQ numbers look pretty low to me.

No doubt you prefer the worst-educated states:

 

[Lockback]

No doubt you prefer the worst-educated states:

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The vomit-inducing arrogance of the Left has never ceased to amaze me: always looking down on the South and rural states, laughing at how "dumb" they are. You don't even try to hide it. Meanwhile, the Northeastern "smart" states continue to elect communists and other leftist idiots who run up record deficits, chase away people because of confiscatory tax rates, allow crime to run rampant and generally turn cities into dystopian shit holes.
Just remember, pal, there's a HUGE gap between "formal education" and common sense.
I'll take common sense every goddam time.

 

[schmidlap]

The vomit-inducing arrogance of the Left has never ceased to amaze me: always looking down on the South and rural states, laughing at how "dumb" they are. You don't even try to hide it. Meanwhile, the Northeastern "smart" states continue to elect communists and other leftist idiots who run up record deficits, chase away people because of confiscatory tax rates, allow crime to run rampant and generally turn cities into dystopian shit holes.
Just remember, pal, there's a HUGE gap between "formal education" and common sense.
I'll take common sense every goddam tim

You have stated your opinion, not mine.

I merely cite the objective data, and have never embraced the baseless prejudices you spout.

Formal education and what you like to call "common sense" are not mutually exclusive.

The Founding Fathers recognized that education is a good thing:

The United States was an experiment in democracy unlike anything the world had ever seen, turning away from government dominated by elites and hoping that the common man could rule himself. If this experiment had any chance of standing the test of time, the nation needed far more schools to prepare everyday citizens for self-government. As James Madison, the father of our Constitution, remarked: “a popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy.” Thomas Jefferson similarly argued that governments “deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed,” but that it is education that makes that consent possible. President Washington, in his last annual message to Congress, added that expanding education was essential to the perpetuation of nation’s common values and the chance of a “permanent Union.”​

 

[Hafar1014]

If democrats win the house the government will be put into chaos and nothing will get done. They have no real agenda other then impeach, impede, shutdown, rig voting and incite confusion. They have no solutions because they created all our problems and their agenda is denial, change the subject, control the media, and cause a literal riot in the government

 

[Lockback]

You have stated your opinion, not mine.

I merely cite the objective data, and have never embraced the baseless prejudices you spout.

Formal education and what you like to call "common sense" are not mutually exclusive.

Don't bullshit me.
You excitedly post "objective data" that supporters your own biases and bigotry.
It reflects your viewpoint that the South and rural areas are full of dumb people and the Northeast is cram packed full of really smart people. And yet as I pointed out, those wonderfully smart places are dystopian dumpster fires because there's no common sense: no punishment for criminals, free drug paraphernalia, confiscatory taxes that are driving reasonable people to those "dumb" states.
You just can't admit your side has no common sense, that they continually do the most stupid things imaginable.

 

[schmidlap]

Don't bullshit me.
You excitedly post "objective data" that supporters your own biases and bigotry.
It reflects your viewpoint that the South and rural areas are full of dumb people and the Northeast is cram packed full of really smart people. And yet as I pointed out, those wonderfully smart places are dystopian dumpster fires because there's no common sense: no punishment for criminals, free drug paraphernalia, confiscatory taxes that are driving reasonable people to those "dumb" states.
You just can't admit your side has no common sense, that they continually do the most stupid things imaginable.

You falsely accuse me of what you are unable to document my ever having said.

There is a higher crime rate in cities, because there are more people in cities.

Some states have much higher crime rates than others.

If you do not agree with me that education is a good thing, that's fine. Just don't lie about what i have actually said.

 

[Lockback]

You falsely accuse me of what you are unable to document my ever having said.

There is a higher crime rate in cities, because there are more people in cities.

Some states have much higher crime rates than others.

If you do not agree with me that education is a good thing, that's fine. Just don't lie about what i have actually said.

You're laughable. You try to bullshit us like, "Oh, I'm just posting facts, man!" when we know exactly the dynamic you're trying to set up: that Republicans are in the "dumb" states and Democrats are in the "smart" states based on some ephemeral "education" statistics, as if the number of advanced degrees in Indigenous People's Studies automatically translates into a better place to live with affordable taxes, low crime, etc.
It doesn't work that way.

 

[schmidlap]

You're laughable. You try to bullshit us like, "Oh, I'm just posting facts, man!" when we know exactly the dynamic you're trying to set up: that Republicans are in the "dumb" states and Democrats are in the "smart" states based on some ephemeral "education" statistics, as if the number of advanced degrees in Indigenous People's Studies automatically translates into a better place to live with affordable taxes, low crime, etc.
It doesn't work that way.

Your simplistic extrapolations are entirely yours. Please stop projecting them on to me.

I have cited the data. If you have contradictory data, please cite it.

 

[HikerGuy83]

I have cited the data.

@Schmidlapp data

 

[Lockback]

Your extrapolations are entirely yours. Please stop projecting them on to me.

I have cited the data. If you have contradictory data, please cite it.

I don't need contradictory data. I've already stated that more college degrees in a state does not equate to better governance or quality of life. In fact, I would argue it's often the opposite because liberal cities and states are usually very poorly run, lacking common sense and often littered with corruption.

 

[schmidlap]

@Schmidlapp data

I continually welcome contradictory data.

Where is it?

 

[Lockback]

I continually welcome contradictory data.

Where is it?

Not everything can be explained by "data" as I've already said countless times.

 

[schmidlap]

I don't need contradictory data. I've already stated that more college degrees in a state does not equate to better governance or quality of life. In fact, I would argue it's often the opposite because liberal cities and states are usually very poorly run, lacking common sense and often littered with corruption.

I might note that residents of poorly-educated states shoot one another at a much higher rate than those of the best-educated states, but you could plead "bad aim!" as your excuse.

 

[Lockback]

I might note that residents of poorly-educated states shoot one another at a much higher rate than those of the best-educated states, but you could plead "bad aim!" as your excuse.

Oh.

Ok.

 

[schmidlap]

Oh.

You need not aspire to such intellectual justifications for your ideological convictions.

 

[Lockback]

You need not aspire to such intellectual justifications for your ideological convictions.

 

[HikerGuy83]

I continually welcome contradictory data.

Where is it?

 

[task0778]

I usually focus more on policy than politics, but the upcoming elections in November pose a greater threat to America than any foreign adversary. Particularly if the Democrats take the House of Representatives, the federal government will be shut down and every action taken by President Trump will be reversed regardless of merit. This will crater our economy and embolden our enemies.

I would suggest that the results of this year's election matters less than the one in 2028; if either party gains control of Congress and the White House then things could get worse than gridlock. It could be that the filibuster in the Senate could be abolished and our federal gov't becomes a one-party authoritarian state that is worse than some think it is now. And one wonders what will happen if/when Alito and Thomas leave the Supreme Court; imagine a progressive liberal court than agrees with that agenda and complements a liberal progressive Congress and President. That's when things could get far worse than what is going on now.

 

[Cassandro]

There is a higher crime rate in cities, because there are more people in cities.

Intelligence and education are independent variables, as you so humorously demonstrate.