When I was a kid, science was highly respected. The US space program was inspiring and many schools brought in TVs for all of us to see the moon launch. I went to Catholic school and we learned REAL science about evolution, etc.; two of my science teachers were nuns. Religious stories were saved for religion class. Today we have members of Congress on the Science committee that believe ridiculous things.
Hey, now! Our educational system, particularly HIGHER EDUCATION (all caps out of special respect), has worked VERY HARD to achieve this level of thought in our country. You don’t get this kind of thought process just hangin’ around, y’know…social media or bars or anything.
The Guardian offers a different perspective of Trump supporters and some advice on dealing with them.
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“Tolerating Trump may stick in the craw, but it must be counter-productive to feed his paranoia”
Forty-two per cent of American adults are classified as white working class. For two decades they have seen incomes shrink in favour, as they see it, of welfare recipients, “identity groups”, graduates and the rich. Defining them as racist xenophobes and “deplorables”, as did Hillary Clinton, when they craved jobs and income security, was a sign of the “class cluelessness”, analysed by Joan Williams in the bestseller White Working Class. Written like a Victorian explorer encountering unknown tribes on the Congo, it has joined JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy in charting the origins of Trump’s appeal.
These people made up the bulk of the 63 million who voted for Trump. Insulting him insults them. When the insults carry a tinge of cultural, intellectual and class superiority, they bite deep. As Edward Luttwak points out in the Times Literary Supplement, liberal America finds it hard to believe that since the crash “the median American family cannot any longer afford a new car”. That is the key to Trumpism, not the loud-mouthed spoilt brat but the word “JOBS” with which he ends his tweets.
Unfortunately, a great many of those 33% voter base who don’t believe in science may have eye problems after tomorrow. Since they don’t believe in science, they may not follow the admonitions of the scientific community to not look at the Sun during the eclipse. The uneducated and the stubbornly unconvinced are bound and determined to prove to themselves and others that it’s all a hoax.
mr_sherman Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Panel four: dumpster supporters.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I still say it’s all a Chinese hoax. Just like global warming, it will never happen.
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Panel 5 is the result of Texas public education.
Dani Rice almost 7 years ago
Home schooled by Betsy DeVos.
preacherman almost 7 years ago
Regrettably, you’re probably right since much of the South voted for Trump, but me and most of my associates. I say, Dump Trump!
comixbomix almost 7 years ago
At least those two are starting to learn “shaving”…
Nantucket Premium Member almost 7 years ago
When I was a kid, science was highly respected. The US space program was inspiring and many schools brought in TVs for all of us to see the moon launch. I went to Catholic school and we learned REAL science about evolution, etc.; two of my science teachers were nuns. Religious stories were saved for religion class. Today we have members of Congress on the Science committee that believe ridiculous things.
dogday Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Hey, now! Our educational system, particularly HIGHER EDUCATION (all caps out of special respect), has worked VERY HARD to achieve this level of thought in our country. You don’t get this kind of thought process just hangin’ around, y’know…social media or bars or anything.
superposition almost 7 years ago
The Guardian offers a different perspective of Trump supporters and some advice on dealing with them.
" …
“Tolerating Trump may stick in the craw, but it must be counter-productive to feed his paranoia”
Forty-two per cent of American adults are classified as white working class. For two decades they have seen incomes shrink in favour, as they see it, of welfare recipients, “identity groups”, graduates and the rich. Defining them as racist xenophobes and “deplorables”, as did Hillary Clinton, when they craved jobs and income security, was a sign of the “class cluelessness”, analysed by Joan Williams in the bestseller White Working Class. Written like a Victorian explorer encountering unknown tribes on the Congo, it has joined JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy in charting the origins of Trump’s appeal.
These people made up the bulk of the 63 million who voted for Trump. Insulting him insults them. When the insults carry a tinge of cultural, intellectual and class superiority, they bite deep. As Edward Luttwak points out in the Times Literary Supplement, liberal America finds it hard to believe that since the crash “the median American family cannot any longer afford a new car”. That is the key to Trumpism, not the loud-mouthed spoilt brat but the word “JOBS” with which he ends his tweets.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/16/donald-trump-supporters-liberals-sneer
Sadandconfused9 almost 7 years ago
Unfortunately, a great many of those 33% voter base who don’t believe in science may have eye problems after tomorrow. Since they don’t believe in science, they may not follow the admonitions of the scientific community to not look at the Sun during the eclipse. The uneducated and the stubbornly unconvinced are bound and determined to prove to themselves and others that it’s all a hoax.