Why Do Republicants Hate Education?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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[Baikonour]

1. Because they don't exactly know what it is.

And neither does their constituency.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

2. Once people move up the education ladder they become more liberal.

[santamargarita]

12. Bingo - that says it all

:yoiks:

[Dinger]

61. Ditto (nt)

[prostock69]

21. And there are less likely to be religious and be controlled by dogma

which in turn, makes it harder to control them.

[Ishoutandscream2]

31. For the most part, you are exactly correct

[WinkyDink]

46. I know some pretty dang conservative doctors.

[uponit7771]

56. They like the fiscal conservative views not the social most of all EXCEPT when they're doctors for..

...the poor

[Hellataz]

53. DING Ding Ding! Education breeds thinkers which are the enemy to the conservative ideology.

They need to keep their base ignorant and clinging to their faith or else their base would wise up and see that the GOP's only goal is power and money, not helping this country and the poor uneducated working folk that make up their base.

Once Educated, people that are in the GOP base start to expose themselves to the rest of the world, they realize that the gay community is not a bunch of deviants, that building up our environment is more then just growing corn, That not all minorities are illegal immigrants, That Using stem cells is not the equivalent to killing babies, That the rich don't know everything and aren't there to protect us and provide jobs.

In short they become less ignorant and open their eyes to the possibility that charity and paying ones taxes does not make us a modern day robin hood.

[retread]

3. Self-preservation. n/t

[WinkyDink]

4. Because they don't want the cogs to realize the wheel.

[DFW]

5. I suspect that it is because

The better educated someone is, the less likely they are to vote Republican.

Ergo, they prefer pseudo-academic institutions of "learning" such as Falwell's "university."

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Thinking slaves are antithetical to The System.

Next thing you know, the slaves will wants rights, liberties, equality, fairness, fair compensation for their labor and they will believe they are as important as their masters, and THEN hell will break loose.

[d_r]

7. public school

many of them gave up on public schools when they were desegregated. If it isn't out in the suburbs, public school is for the poor and people of color - they don't want their kids around those types, and they don't think those types can learn anyway. Plus the gov. won't let the kids prey - and those heathens need it most - and public school is for thugs in the making. Thus vouchers for private schools - where kids can be led in prayer and poor kids can be kept out are what they support, and privatize, charter schools etc. every thing that makes public schools look bad helps that argument.

[olegramps]

9. Maybe we could arrange to have vochers for an American School of Anarchists

[Lisa0825]

33. good explanation. nt

[Ian David]

8. Because educated people can see through the Repukes' bullshit. n/t

[rucky]

10. Because they need to sell their shit to stupid people, in order to exist in a Democracy. n/t

[MadHound]

11. Why are the Dems so willing to throw education under the bus?

Supposedly the most important job in the country, yet both parties are unwilling to fund it or fight for it.

Is this some of that "change" people were talking about?

[Enthusiast]

13. They depend on an uneducated

population for their support. It is really that simple.

[firedupdem]

14. Agree....very well said. n/t

[bridgit]

15. Cause they only need Americans able to change a bit in a cordless drill *while* not knowing anything

It's a delicate balance and education only disrupts it :dunce:

[TeamJordan23]

16. More educated tend to become Democrats. nm

[GinaMaria]

17. because it costs them votes. n/t

[Raven]

18. Because they do not like smart people.

[niceypoo]

19. Educated people don't vote Republican

You should see the republicans where I go to school, they run out of class upset anytime the professors say anything that contradicts GOP talking points. Ive seen them run out half crying while a professor was going over the syllabus.

When your belief system is based on bullshit, you develop a very thin skin.

They also believe that science is a religion. You must understand, reality is like a big, scary, haunted house to them.

[treestar]

20. because of the separation of church and state not allowing prayers in the schools

And desegregation.

[LiberalFighter]

28. They don't like the idea of paying taxes for public schools and shelling out cash

for their kids to go to private school.

[treestar]

58. Because being republicans, they cannot perceive the value

of having other people educated, so as to have a better society.

[Kber]

22. because the more educated you are, the more likely you are to vote democrat

Not always, but definitely more likely.

The have narrowed their base to the ignorant and ill informed and apparently it's easier to try to expand that base than broaden their appeal to people with the tools needed for critical analysis.

[ensho]

23. propaganda and subliminal ads work better on the undereducated

nt

[southern_dem]

24. An uneducated public

is the key to Republican power.

[Mass]

25. Because educated people can fight better for their interests.

Keeping the working class uneducated is the clue to keeping the system as it is.

[Ino]

26. Because the uneducated are easier to manipulate (nt)

[Numba6]

27. mmmm Tax Cuts....

But A Tax Cut Won't Educate Your Child

[cherish44]

29. Their base is uneducated white people

nuff said.

[Cha]

30. That's an easy one..

They want to keep people dumbed down. And, their base, the corporatemediawhores will do that for them.

[LWolf]

32. Independent thinkers don't follow the herd. nt

[quantass]

34. According to the book 'Deer Hunting w/Jesus" it is because....

studies have shown that the more educated a person becomes the more likely s/he is to become a progressive/liberal, and thus, a democrat.
So for repubs the less educated a person is the more likely they can manipulate that person into believing lies and hence win an election.

[ejpoeta]

35. there is a simple reason.....

education is power. education is knowledge which is power. they can't pull the wool over someone's eyes if they see it coming and know what's going on. but ignorant people... they will do what they are told. uneducated people tend to be easier to fool. and to control.

[windbreeze]

36. Because they don't want people smart enough to ask questions....n/t

[K Gardner]

37. Their kids are either in private "christian" schools or home-schooled.

[Pisces]

38. THey celebrate ignorance and fear intelligence.

[marlakay]

39. So they can be easy led down the wrong path

not smart enough to understand tax cuts and such. Trust us we know.

[leftofthedial]

40. informed people are less likely to be fooled by repuke lies.

[old mark]

41. They thrive on ignorance and fear of the new. Any person who can really

think can see through their stupid simplistic crap.
Besides, they are not too smart themselves and they fear and hate those who are smarter.


mark

[elleng]

42. They 'hate' public education

because it involves powerful unions.

[PurityOfEssence]

43. It levels the playing field

Competition is a bummer.

[hologram]

44. It's a threat to small-mindedness.

If you know what I mean. :)

[backscatter712]

45. Because they want us stupid.

They want a nation of Joe The Plumbers.

Smart people ask questions. Smart people make demands. Smart people push for their own piece of the pie. They demand fair wages, a middle class lifestyle, good education for their kids, decent heatlh care.

They don't want smart. They want stupid.

Stupid people are serfs.

[Raine]

47. Education = Knowledge

the reTHUGs best recruiting tool for side is ignorance.

[AngryAmish]

48. They like children stupid, fat and delicious.

[Goblinmonger]

49. They want to privatize schools

To keep the masses stupid.

[seaker]

50. I have long wondered

About this very topic and have come to the same conclusion. I would also like to add the hypothesis, the demise of public education is part of a design to create two class system of ruling class and the ruled.

[Goblinmonger]

54. Absolutely

All this blather about vouchers is just a way to give the rich a break on their private schools while giving the impression that others have a choice when in reality it will be between shit school A and shit school B.

[Ikonoklast]

51. They need the uneducated to be kept ignorant.

Fearful, unwilling to question authority, subservient to superstitious religions that teaches them there are no earthly rewards while the ruling class reaps untold riches.

Education is the weapon slaves use to free themselves from their chains.

[FrenchieCat]

52. Because an educated populace means no more hoodwinking and

Bamboozling?

[Hepburn]

55. Because they fear an informed public. n/t

[bdamomma]

57. cause when you have uneducated masses they are easier

to control.

[AtomicKitten]

59. Rove quote paraphrased: "Educated people vote democratic."

Our education plan allows us to make further gains in the suburbs. It will also allow us to make gains with Hispanics and African-Americans. As people do better, they start voting like Republicans -- unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.

Karl Rove, quoted in the "Daily Texan," March 19, 2001
http://milforddemocrats.com/node/350

[Numba6]

60. So they can continue to believe what they want to believe

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