Donald Trump loves the poorly educated

[Ireadforpleasure]

Donald Trump loves the poorly educated.

He’s told us so, himself.

He hates the intelligence community, he hates American judges, he hates CNN, he hate MSNBC, he hates NBC, he hate hates most of the American Free Press, he hates the United States Constitution, he hates Latinos, he hates immigrants, he hates the FBI, he hates investigative journalists and he hates fact-checkers…but he loves the poorly educated.

Honestly, Trump isn’t all that bright himself. The lies that he tells are sorely lacking in sophistication or credibility. Without the poorly educated, Trump’s candidacy would never have been able to get off the ground. The poorly educated are Trump’s base.

It’s sad that a presidential candidate would target America’s dullards, halfwits and dropouts as his primary voting bloc, however what’s even sadder is the fact that there are enough of them out there to sway a national election. And even once Trump is gone, they’ll still be out there, and they’ll still have the power to elect presidents, governors, senators and judges.

So, how large is this voting bloc that Trump loves so much? I can’t give you an exact number, however we’re talking about, however it’s well over a hundred million.

This is a horrifying thought, and I’d love to tell you that we’ve got the math wrong and that there aren’t nearly that many Americans out there who are so utterly clueless and ignorant, however, the facts speak for themselves.

The Pew Research Group has done polling of the American people to see just how intelligent the American population is, and here is what they’ve found:

Twenty-five percent of Americans cannot identify which nation American fought a war against to gain their independence.

Twenty-nine percent of Americans cannot locate the Pacific Ocean on a map of the world.

Thirty percent of Americans do not know what the Holocaust was.

Thirty-three percent of Americans are incapable of naming ANY of the three branches of the United States government.

More than thirty-seven percent of the American people cannot name a single right protected by the First Amendment.

Nearly fifty percent of Americans believe that global climate change is some sort of hoax.

Fifty-three percent of Americans believe that undocumented immigrants have no legal rights under the United States Constitution.

Fifty-five percent of Americans believe that Christianity was written into the U.S. Constitution and that the Founding Fathers wanted America to be a Christian theocracy.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans are unable to identify Herbert Hoover, or Herbert Hoover’s role in American history.

And even though it is a cornerstone of medical science, immunology, genetic science and biology, a shocking SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT of Americans do not believe in the theory of evolution!

Over two-hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson told us that an enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. He told us that self-government would not be possible unless the citizens were educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight.

Trump is probably unaware of anything Thomas Jefferson said about the consequences of an uneducated citizenry, however, he seems to instinctively understand that an educated citizenry would not tolerate his lies and dishonest scheming. Trump doesn’t want an educated citizenry exercising oversight. He wants millions of credulous dullards mindlessly chanting slogans, believing absurd lies and supporting atrocities.

And while Donald Trump will soon be nothing more than a sad footnote in America’s history, the MILLIONS of intellectually-lazy dupes that believe America’s Founding Fathers wanted America to be a Christian theocracy, and think that climate change is a hoax, will still be with us. They will still be voting in national, state, local and school board elections.

Watching the way that the Republican Party has spent decades underfunding schools, pushing creationism as part of the school curriculum, denying the theory of evolution, vainly attempting to abolish the department of education and defaming teachers, college professors and scientists on right-wing radio, one could reasonably assume that the Republican Party actually WANTED to turn America into a nation swarming with millions of intellectually-lazy dupes.

Perhaps we should try to remove the Republicans from power, fully fund America’s schools, praise public school teachers for the admirable work that they do, commend all the good that scientists have done for this nation, and see if that helps to produce a more educated citizenry.

 

[domroger]

You waited three years to post .
That is a shame .
Because it is a great one and I hope you will post others.

 

[dan_c00000]

Perhaps we should try to remove the Republicans from power, fully fund America’s schools, praise public school teachers for the admirable work that they do, commend all the good that scientists have done for this nation, and see if that helps to produce a more educated citizenry.

These are all excellent ideas. And I agree with the completely.

 

[fire515]

That was an amazing essay. I'm Canadian, your quiet neighbour upstairs, but the points you made are excellent and so true.

 

[sharingfantasies]

Well written and accurate.

 

[magicalmoments]

Well... that's going to scare the shit out of the trumptards! They'll react violently... Wait for it, wait for it.

Well reasoned, well written, would be more suited to a proper public forum, as opposed to a porn site.

 

[sharingfantasies]

Well... that's going to scare the shit out of the trumptards! They'll react violently... Wait for it, wait for it.

Well reasoned, well written, would be more suited to a proper public forum, as opposed to a porn site.

An Opinion piece in the Times perhaps.

 

[quietlylooking]

Perhaps we should try to remove the Republicans from power, fully fund America’s schools, praise public school teachers for the admirable work that they do, commend all the good that scientists have done for this nation, and see if that helps to produce a more educated citizenry.

This is my dream too. Great post.

 

[Ireadforpleasure]

You waited three years to post .
That is a shame .
Because it is a great one and I hope you will post others.

When I first came to this website, I thought it was all about erotic literature. It took me a while to realize that there were opportunities for insightful political and sociological discussions as well.

 

[coati]

When I first came to this website, I thought it was all about erotic literature. It took me a while to realize that there were opportunities for insightful political and sociological discussions as well.

Yes, there are opportunities for insightful discussions, and this site also holds the somewhat unique opportunity to link the importance of fulfilling the need for intimacy with developing a rich intellectual life.

It is not by mere coincidence that people on this site who are denying peer reviewed science and journalism and promoting a violent dog-eat-dog materialistic philosophy also appear to lack considerate forms of intimacy in their lives. Some don't understand the important link between intimacy and satisfying sex. Sites like this can reveal both a person's relationship to intimacy and their thought patterns in other areas.

We urgently need both intellectual and emotional education in our country. I agree with you that things have gotten pretty sick lately. I hope you keep posting, and I hope you are speaking out and being an activist in your daily person-to-person real life.

 

[dan_c00000]

It took me a while to realize that there were opportunities for insightful political and sociological discussions as well.

That's a lot of places until dumbasses show up and ruin everything. Just wait you'll see. It's sadly why we can't have nice things.

It is not by mere coincidence that people on this site who are denying peer reviewed science and journalism and promoting a violent dog-eat-dog materialistic philosophy also appear to lack considerate forms of intimacy in their lives. Some don't understand the important link between intimacy and satisfying sex. Sites like this can reveal both a person's relationship to intimacy and their thought patterns in other areas.

It's also because they're sad, pathetic human beings who only feel better when others are kept down.

 

[Ireadforpleasure]

That's a lot of places until dumbasses show up and ruin everything. Just wait you'll see. It's sadly why we can't have nice things.



It's also because they're sad, pathetic human beings who only feel better when others are kept down.

Dan, you and Magicalmoments were right. The Trump-supporting dumbasses have begun to show up and shit all over everything. It's like you two are prophets. It happened exactly the way you two said it would.

 

[ilovetoeat42]

Those with less education did vote for Trump this year compared to years past, it was because of his promises to restore the middle class. College isn't for everyone and that's ok. I have three college degrees (one BA, one M. Ed and one MAT), my brother in law has zero and he makes twice what I do. Don't think because someone doesn't have a piece of paper from an institution that they aren't intelligent. (Many of you who disagree with me, apply the Converse and it still proves my point).

 

[DawnODay]

Donald Trump loves the poorly educated....

Apparently so, his economic policies have helped them considerably.

The unemployment rate for those without a high school diploma fell to 5.1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported Friday, the lowest since the government began collecting data on such workers in 1992....

The data echoed other positive economic news recently, including a report last week showing the economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter....

All this has translated into better economic opportunities for workers without a college degree, who account for a majority of the work force. It is a contingent that was championed by Mr. Trump during his presidential campaign, and one that both parties want to appeal to in the midterm elections in November.​

N.D. Schwartz & B. Casselman, Workers Hardest Hit by Recession Are Joining in Recovery, New York Times (Aug. 3, 2018).

Or do you resent an administration that focuses on the good of the common person instead of the politically connected and intellectual elites?

 

[magicalmoments]

Apparently so, his economic policies have helped them considerably.



Or do you resent an administration that focuses on the good of the common person instead of the politically connected and intellectual elites?

I certainly don't resent an administration that focuses on the good of the common person instead of the politically connected and intellectual elites. Hell no! It's just a shame that the good old USA doesn't have one.

Trump is an old, white, corporatised, billionaire. He's the leader of an exclusive club and that club is going to do everything it can to protect it's privileged position and keep the common man in his place. If you believe anything different you're delusional.

 

[DawnODay]

I certainly don't resent an administration that focuses on the good of the common person instead of the politically connected and intellectual elites. Hell no! It's just a shame that the good old USA doesn't have one.

Trump is an old, white, corporatised, billionaire. He's the leader of an exclusive club and that club is going to do everything it can to protect it's privileged position and keep the common man in his place. If you believe anything different you're delusional.

That may be his intent, but the economic results have benefited all segments of society. In addition to what I cite above, remember this:

Black and Latino unemployment rates are now at their lowest level on record.

[T]he unemployment rate hit 3.9 percent in April, the lowest level this century. At this rate, essentially every American who wants a job could find one. Keep in mind, the unemployment rate was more than double this level as recently as President Obama's second term in office.

Unemployment has dipped below 4 percent only a few times in U.S. history. Yet the underlying figures may be even more remarkable. Unemployment among blacks and Latinos fell to 6.6 percent and 4.8 percent, respectively, their lowest levels in recorded history — and half the rates of five years ago.

This historically low unemployment isn’t part of a natural pattern — like the weather — as some left-wing pundits imply. It’s a result of the pro-business public policies created and implemented by President Trump and Republicans in Congress.​

A. Ortiz, President Trump’s historic jobs achievement, The Hill (May 5, 2018).

 

[dan_c00000]

Dan, you and Magicalmoments were right. The Trump-supporting dumbasses have begun to show up and shit all over everything. It's like you two are prophets. It happened exactly the way you two said it would.

Now once they've invaded you'll see two things.

1. Just really stupid, awful posts promoting their/his racist views. Casual trolling. You can tell because they never use the correct form of it's, its, or its'.

2. People who think they "know" about politics. I see that dawn showed up. "She's" an alt and a racist. "She" thinks she "knows" stuff because she finds the most bias source and accepts it as true. It's call confirmation bias. In other words dawn will only go out and accept information that supports "her" racist worldview.

For example, Trump's policies are terrible for the poorly educated and working class.

Trump doesn't actually love anyone but himself. His past makes that pretty clear (a recent example).

Anyway, basic statistical data is something dawn completely ignores because only about 33% of the population has a college degree. Does not having a college degree make someone poorly educated?

Finally, and this is really important and something those who are racists like dawn always ignore. Economics wasn't a big factor in those poorly educated people who voted for Trump: racism was.

Based on a sample of the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Survey, our analyses suggest that a Trump vote cannot be explained by a lack of trust in politics or low levels of satisfaction with democracy, as would be assumed given the extant literature on protest voting. However, indicators of racist resentment and anti-immigrant sentiments proved to be important determinants of a Trump vote—even when controlling for more traditional vote-choice determinants. Despite ongoing discussion about the empirical validity of racist resentment and anti-immigrant sentiments, both concepts proved to be roughly equally powerful in explaining a Trump vote.

To put it simply: if you voted for Trump you voted for him because you hate minorities, women, immigrants, and because you fear them so much the fact that Trump's economic policies will harm you in both short and long term you don't care because you want your country back. Just ask racist dawn "she'll" tell you.

 

[spankednaked]

Over two-hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson told us that an enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. He told us that self-government would not be possible unless the citizens were educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight.

Trump is probably unaware of anything Thomas Jefferson said about the consequences of an uneducated citizenry, however, he seems to instinctively understand that an educated citizenry would not tolerate his lies and dishonest scheming. Trump doesn’t want an educated citizenry exercising oversight. He wants millions of credulous dullards mindlessly chanting slogans, believing absurd lies and supporting atrocities.

And while Donald Trump will soon be nothing more than a sad footnote in America’s history, the MILLIONS of intellectually-lazy dupes that believe America’s Founding Fathers wanted America to be a Christian theocracy, and think that climate change is a hoax, will still be with us. They will still be voting in national, state, local and school board elections.

Watching the way that the Republican Party has spent decades underfunding schools, pushing creationism as part of the school curriculum, denying the theory of evolution, vainly attempting to abolish the department of education and defaming teachers, college professors and scientists on right-wing radio, one could reasonably assume that the Republican Party actually WANTED to turn America into a nation swarming with millions of intellectually-lazy dupes.

Perhaps we should try to remove the Republicans from power, fully fund America’s schools, praise public school teachers for the admirable work that they do, commend all the good that scientists have done for this nation, and see if that helps to produce a more educated citizenry.

Donald Trump is the most anti-science president I have ever had the displeasure to witness. He believes that vaccines are harmful and has repeatedly and erroneously suggested that they cause autism. He tells parents that doctors are liars and tells parents to "save our children" by not vaccinating them.

Adding insult to injury, Trump wants to appoint a celebrated anti-vaccine crusader to chair a commission on vaccine safety and integrity.

He also claims that global warming is a "hoax" and a "scam" created by the Chinese.

He's also taken to firing scientists at the EPA, the CDC and other government agencies, and censoring the scientists who remain.

There is a war being waged against scientists in America, and Donald Trump is one of the generals waging this war.

 

[Stephen_Coyle]

Over two-hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson told us that an enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. He told us that self-government would not be possible unless the citizens were educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight.

Trump is probably unaware of anything Thomas Jefferson said about the consequences of an uneducated citizenry, however, he seems to instinctively understand that an educated citizenry would not tolerate his lies and dishonest scheming. Trump doesn’t want an educated citizenry exercising oversight. He wants millions of credulous dullards mindlessly chanting slogans, believing absurd lies and supporting atrocities.

And while Donald Trump will soon be nothing more than a sad footnote in America’s history, the MILLIONS of intellectually-lazy dupes that believe America’s Founding Fathers wanted America to be a Christian theocracy, and think that climate change is a hoax, will still be with us. They will still be voting in national, state, local and school board elections.

Watching the way that the Republican Party has spent decades underfunding schools, pushing creationism as part of the school curriculum, denying the theory of evolution, vainly attempting to abolish the department of education and defaming teachers, college professors and scientists on right-wing radio, one could reasonably assume that the Republican Party actually WANTED to turn America into a nation swarming with millions of intellectually-lazy dupes.

Perhaps we should try to remove the Republicans from power, fully fund America’s schools, praise public school teachers for the admirable work that they do, commend all the good that scientists have done for this nation, and see if that helps to produce a more educated citizenry.

As the GOP has moved further and further to the right, it has simultaneously grown more and more anti-intellectual. It has been a jagged downward path from Reagan to Trump.

The Republican voters of 2018 aren’t looking for constitutional scholars, diplomats or intellectuals to lead the United States of America. They want violent bullies who body-slam reporters and intellectually-lazy thugs who complain that the United States Constitution won’t allow them to jail reporters for saying uncomplimentary things about Republicans.

Just look at Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican Party. He dominated the many televised debates with crude bullying. No candidate before Trump had made such a mockery of the very idea of having facts to support his position; he would simply dismiss his adversaries as short, ugly, nerdy, or female. Trump fixates on very simple themes, and his anti-intellectualism seems to resonate with his supporters.

“BUILD THAT WALL,” and “FAKE NEWS” and “LOCK HER UP,” Trump’s supporters scream, not seeming to be able to wrap their minds around any concepts any more complex than bumper-sticker slogans.

Rather than listen to the world’s climate scientists who have reported their findings that Co2 levels on our planet are dangerously high and that the Earth’s permafrost and ice caps are melting, they listen to the intellectually-lazy guy who refuses to read his daily intelligence briefings and who claims that Global Warming is “a hoax”.

I grew up in a neighborhood that had lots of kids that were these types of anti-intellectual people. They were disdainful of book-learning and “big words” and thought that bullying and physical assault are signs of a great leader.

As adults, these people are still disdainful of big words; however, they are also disdainful of diplomacy, negotiations, bipartisanship, compromise, fact-checking and Constitutional scholarship.

To these people, trash-talk, threats, childish insults, recklessness, intimidation and bullying are considered signs of a strong leader.

To these people, speaking eloquently, complying with the U.S. Constitution, keeping church and state separate, making, calm rational decisions and using diplomacy to avoid war are all signs of a weak leader.

In some ways these people are a bigger threat to the United States than Donald Trump himself.

 

[spankednaked]

Rush Limbaugh goes out of his way to attack scientists on his show. He refers to the scientific community at large as “idiots” for daring to publish studies on global climate change and signaled out NASA scientist James Hansen as an “insane lunatic”.

In Ann Coulter’s book “Godless” she attacks scientists and insists that they’re an evil sub-cabal of atheist liberals, a group so addicted to godlessness that they must hide at all costs the awful "truth" that evolution didn't happen. She accuses evolutionists of brainwashing children with phony fossils and made-up "evidence," turning the kids into "Darwiniacs."

Evolution science is central to modern medical science, especially biology, immunology and genetics, so Ann is basically accusing anybody that ever graduated from medical school of being “evil”.

She also attacks embryonic stem cell research and accuses research scientists in this field of having “a clear financial incentive to lie” and she also accuses them of “killing humans”.

And a Republican preacher named Steven Anderson refers to higher education as "Devil State University", and claims that higher education "corrupts the mind", and "makes everybody stupid."

Republicans have been waging a war against science and education for longer than I've been alive. It's no wonder that the Republicans of my lifetime are uneducated, uninformed simpletons.

 

[ArtisticX]

seriously

this ongoing, hyper-virulent, anti-Trump propaganda is a DeepState viral manipulation in action. "Trump loves the poorly educated" hilarious.

 

[ArtisticX]

Rush Limbaugh goes out of his way to attack scientists on his show. He refers to the scientific community at large as “idiots” for daring to publish studies on global climate change and signaled out NASA scientist James Hansen as an “insane lunatic”.

In Ann Coulter’s book “Godless” she attacks scientists and insists that they’re an evil sub-cabal of atheist liberals, a group so addicted to godlessness that they must hide at all costs the awful "truth" that evolution didn't happen. She accuses evolutionists of brainwashing children with phony fossils and made-up "evidence," turning the kids into "Darwiniacs."

Evolution science is central to modern medical science, especially biology, immunology and genetics, so Ann is basically accusing anybody that ever graduated from medical school of being “evil”.

She also attacks embryonic stem cell research and accuses research scientists in this field of having “a clear financial incentive to lie” and she also accuses them of “killing humans”.

And a Republican preacher named Steven Anderson refers to higher education as "Devil State University", and claims that higher education "corrupts the mind", and "makes everybody stupid."

Republicans have been waging a war against science and education for longer than I've been alive. It's no wonder that the Republicans of my lifetime are uneducated, uninformed simpletons.

wow. you need a spanking. Such partisan bile vividly illumines the "beam in your own eye". Republicans and Democrats are exactly the same people, all highly corrupt (or killed).

 

[spankednaked]

Trump is an old, white, corporatised, billionaire. He's the leader of an exclusive club and that club is going to do everything it can to protect it's privileged position and keep the common man in his place. If you believe anything different you're delusional.




That may be his intent, but the economic results have benefited all segments of society.

The stock market is tanking, Trump's trade war has resulted in hundreds of thousands of American workers losing their jobs, and Trump's tax cuts have resulted America’s largest corporations laying off thousands of workers.

Yeah, the American people are really seeing a lot of economic benefits.

 

[allison22]

this ongoing, hyper-virulent, anti-Trump propaganda is a DeepState viral manipulation in action. "Trump loves the poorly educated" hilarious.

Trump himself told us that he loves the poorly educated. Are you calling Trump a liar? Or are you accusing Trump of being a stand-up comedian?

 

[KeithD]

this ongoing, hyper-virulent, anti-Trump propaganda is a DeepState viral manipulation in action. "Trump loves the poorly educated" hilarious.

Umm, no. It's Americans with brains and concern, trying to take their country back from a vile criminal and corrupt con man under Russian control, who is being enabled by such as you.