Commentary: The dumbing down of America

[unhappycamper]

Commentary: The dumbing down of America
By James Werrell | The Rock Hill Herald
Posted on Thursday, September 2, 2010

Maybe we, the people, have lost the intellectual capacity to manage a workable democracy. How else do you explain why nearly one in five Americans believes that President Barack Obama is a Muslim?

A recent poll by the nonpartisan Pew Forum found that 18 percent of all those polled -- and 31 percent of Republicans -- believe the president is a Muslim. That is up from 11 percent of all Americans last year.

Obama's faith is not a matter of public opinion. He's a baptized Christian who routinely prays with fellow Christians and invokes his "risen savior" when speaking of his faith.

He does not practice the Islamic faith. He has never been seen performing the ritual prayer, which Muslims do five times a day. He is not observing Ramadan, which requires Muslims to fast each day from Aug. 11 to Sept. 10. Nor has he made the required pilgrimage to Mecca.

It is ironic that many of the same critics who excoriated Obama for his close ties with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright now are accusing him of being a Muslim.

[Swamp Rat]

1. It's a lot easier to continuously lie to dumb people.

[MisterP]

2. surprise, surprise, she lumps together UFOs, the JFK assassination, and anything a sliver of

the scientific community deems "kook stuff"--like those saying Bush did 9-11 and Iraq did are equally (mis)informed

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Umm, the only mention I saw of Iraq was people who thought Saddam was involved in 9-11.

So I think it's pretty valid that those people are as equally misinformed as 9-11 twoofers, UFOs, global warming deniers, holocaust deniers, creationists, etc.

Oh, and it's not really about being misinformed, as it is just about believing stupid shit that isn't true. On purpose.