I think it is foolish to take their ignorance so light-heartedly.
Their grievances are very similar to Left grievances with regard to big capital.
The solution is for the Left to stop being weak, to stop whining and look reality in the face. These people are ruined petty-bourgeoisie and slum proletariats whom capitalism will lay the price tag of bailouts and wars on if it is not abolished.
Continued compromise and restoration will fail, and reactionaries will kill people.
glen beck. is a contrived clown. deliberately on the air to spread discredit, to conspiracy truth seekers.(not theorists). co intel pro, turd in the punchbowl, call him whatever. the insertion of glen beck, into fox news ,is to make the public think that all real patriots, that question the govt. are as wacko as beck. dont fall for it.
Chauncey DeVega nails it here. I for one will admit that I'm no Oxford Erudite. But I have no problem telling some talk radio listening, faux news sheep that he or she is a fucking dumbass if they piss me off! I have had it up to my neck with their anti-intellectualism and they're echo chamber politics. These people are so damaging to the public discourse. And we have FOX News and Talk radio to thank for that.
Whats frightening for our democracy is the loony left trying to defame all the hard working Americans who are fed up with reckless spending, and our dwindling rights as the Gov gets bigger & bigger & taxes us to hell. The left are TERRIFIED of Glenn Beck and the Americans who are voicing their opinion about the gov, and are doing everything they can to make us look ignorant & intolerant. People are angry for a reason--- look around!!!!!!!!! $3 Trilllion debt in 2 YEARS!?!
Where were the deficit hawks while Bush ran up the biggest deficit of all time? How many of you hate the black president because he is black and deserves no protection or respect?
@jgdmlw Bush was under TONS of media criticism for everything he did and DIDN't do-- from natural disasters to foreign affairs unrelated to him, the media attacked his every move. This isn't a matter of repub vs demn so don't point fingers at Bush, Obama has raised our deficit further than Bush did in 8 years in 2 years. Also, don't use that pathetic race card on me this is NOT a racial issue
I have some conservative friends who react the same. Get all excited and The question I ask is never really answered. And you know a whole lot of people hate Obama for one reason and there seems to be nothing he can do right. Chill,bud.
@jmilber And how much debt did bush have? When did the crisis hit? Probably not important for you. And it's funny you say the left is against normal hard working americans. Which side wants to protect the rich the most? You just repeat what you hear, but have no clue.
And you don't have to be left to let Beck look stupid, he's superb at it himself.
WOW--- Talk about arrogant "idiots" who don't even know how stupid they are. "Conservatives are not open to new info out of fear!" --- Lets compare repubs to Nazi Germany! How intolerant and cliche... These guys touch on NO real subject matter, they just try to act smart and insult people with other views as them. FYI Tea Party is about fiscal responsibility, smaller gov, lower tax. Whats so CRAZY about that? Its logical, and America spoke on the election day for congress.
These two morons think that the common man can vote for himself and live free without the govr. spoon feeding him damn right we should be angry and upset it doesnt matter if your poor or rich you have to pay taxes the first 4 months of the year before you earn a single cent we dont need a central govr telling us how to live and think it is our right to own guns protect our property associate who we like this has nothing to do with reps or dems it is the people standing up to chose their own fate
To the mainstream media's credit, the whole platform given to these people is just out of money chasing, and they deserve credit for pegging them "Teabaggers" and having it stick.
If I hear one more moron reference the long discredited concept of the 'reptilian part of our brain' I'm gonna scream! The ignorant dissemination of misinformation - does this qualify as being too stupid to know you're stupid?
There is no scientific proof that using the term "tea bagger" CAUSES the "tea party" to get stronger. If you believe that logic, then logically consistently any time anyone uses the term "liberal" - even in a derogatory way - it causes liberals to get stronger.
The solution is to stop pretending that there is a contradiction between brains & brawn. Look at all my posts and all the bomb threats and death threats that I made.
Peer-reviewed journals are critical, but even they cannot hold all the information that is necessary for the political world to function. In what category, in what journal, does one wish to prove that X people fight for cause C implies that increasing X causes more C? WHERE? That is game theory & math modelling.
I disagree with their last statement and their sense of hopelessness: no, liberals & progressives have NOT lost the war of language, because all it takes is fighting back by endlessly repeating and defending OUR position with a club. I get sickened when people like this make points that we all know to be true, but then they fail to take that one extra step and end this bullshit false dichotomy between brains & brawn.
I just read about some "One Nation" rally Oct 2 from the notes of one of your (golefttv's) other videos.. I googled and all I came up with was "One Nation Under God" rally. I also read in your notes for one of your other videos that the rightwingers were bashing that rally. So, I am confused: is this another case of rightwingers bashing other rightwingers for their delusional belief that they're not rightwing enough? I LOVE it when rightwingers kill rightwingers!
Tea bagger is a derogatory term. Every time that word is spoken the tea party gets stronger. It's been mostly dropped by the left MSM, to bad that it's still in use here.
Ignorance can never know its own depth. The vast majority of people remain uneducated / under-educated, with undeveloped reasoning powers and perceptive abilities limited at best to an inch of their own ego. That this is the case in an apparently first world nation like the US is astounding.
In relation to this, I have to recommend everyone to see the 1957 film "A Face in the Crowd". It is so relavent to this and besides, it's a great film.
you guys didn't mention the poor vote, they'll vote democrat, trust me, they always do, they're not going to go for the way minorities have been portreyed in the media
right now progressives should be clean energy/vets, getting off foreign oil, the working class who like public school and roads, cops and firefighters, women who wear anything other than skirts, gays, people who'd like to move past fascism, minorities, um, whose still not listening, oh a few faux fans
As a Texan, I grew up with this attitude that is so prevalent there; they take great pride in their own ignorance. That, along with the Jesse James attitude (it's so cool to be an outlaw, and they brag on it) is why I only go back to visit with family and old friends. There are reason's to love my home state and that's why it's a nice place to visit, but there's no way I ever want to go back and live there.
Sadly, I have even been "defriended" on facebook by a couple of family members and by one of my former pastors simply because I beleive in looking out for the rights of the bottom 98% of wage earners in this county. I just don't get it; all 3 of these people are actually HURT by the policies of the right, yet they continue to support them! Go figure?!!!
Excellent...although I would point out that it's generally males who might 'pick up clubs' and turn to violence to deal with their frustrations. Typically, women wouldn't do this. Just trying to be logical and fact-based. Sorry, guys!
Or to think that what 'side' your on has any meaning at all. Quit thinking in Black and White and realize the realm or grey is much more important, and 100 times larger that what you consider 'right & wrong'. Conservatively Liberal ? You're kidding yourself if you think either sides matter, you're only fooling yourself.
@JoeArpaio2012 Again you're thinking in black and white, and fear. Did you watch this video ? Is this mic on ? Brain functions can be such a task for some people.
EXCELLENT video. This is what I've been ranting for the past six months. This really has been an opportunity for the dumbest fools in this country to come out of the closet and group up...so they don't realize that they are idiots. They are JUST LIKE the other idiots next to them.
Thank you fox propaganda. You have given this morons an opportunity to show off their stupidity. Unfortunately, the rest of the world thinks we are a nation of morons....which we seem to be.
@HulksHeroes Thank you fox propaganda. You have given this morons an opportunity to show off their stupidity. Unfortunately, the rest of the world thinks we are a nation of morons....which we seem to be.
The statement that these teabaggers "Worship their own ignorance," is more appropriate than I think he knew. Most of them think they are in communication with the all knowing mind of a god, which they worship. This reinforces their stupidity because they feel every ignorant passing inclination in their mind is an all encompassing wisdom filled intuition from a god. Why would you need to learn anything if you had a god in your head?
@NemoAutor What you said is so right on its scary, ive been wanting to say that for a long time...right on ...Down with general ignorance. On a side note, if the voice in your head tells you to steal a car, thats not God, it could be the Devil....interesting thought huh....could Glenn be controlled by SATAN !!!! LoooL...
We are now nearly at 3rd world status when it comes to our math and science scores,and the stupid right want the people more stupid,so they can be more easily controlled.The lockstep right is just plain scary.When a human ceases to think and search for truth then they are truely lost.
I just do not understand the lionizing of ignorance and the demonizing of education. America is on a downward spiral of having an educated populace and the outcome of this mindset is frightening.
(cont) throw in some religion, bring to a boil, stir with a radio entertainer, and a momma bear, and BAMM, you have yourself a steaming Tea-Party stew. yummy...LoL....Lets hope real thinking Americans, avoid the stew long enough for it to spoil.
Stupid is as stupid does. Run Forest, run!!! LOL They just want to be told what to do. That's the reason they follow people like Beck, Palin, Rushbo, and all the other idiots on the right. It is just dumbfounding that people actually listen and believe all the BS they portray. It's just amazing to watch these people follow these idiots.
Pure Genius...the way Glenn strings his followers allong, and the this Vid. Great Vid, most, im not gonna say all, cuzz if it was least, Glenn wouldn't have a following, of Glenn's followers, cling to Glenn and Palinm and the GOP, cuzz they bait them with their fears, here's some, Goverment takeover, Legalize Immigration, Economic Takeover, Obama is gonna take your guns, They are gonna kill granma, your children will inherit the massive debt. As you can see once they are bait'ed (cont)
If Sarah "I'm an Idiot" Palin can convince people that being a constitutional scholar is somehow a bad thing, then that speaks volumes of the utter stupidity of her misguided followers. To many if not most of the people on the right, facts & logic doesn't make one bit of a difference to their thinking.
My late father was an advertising exec for his whole working life and he always said that people were generally stupid, and the more annoying the ad, the better the sales of the product.
Beck and his ilk are all living proof of that maxim.
@wmg111 HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD; HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD...
lol you reminded me of that with your comment. I guess that ad is the epitome of your father's words. Though I personally was never bought the product. I'm more receptive to funny ads, not annoying ones.
The right wing powers that be know this about their followers and then play them like a fiddle - making them believe it's in their best interest to be against and vote against their best interests.
Stupid equals power to the conniving few who know how to manipulate others, although it is terribly easy to control these dimwits. And these tea buggers' superiority complex is a great irony--they think progressives are elites, when in fact these dumb f**** are the true elites.
As a Canadian, I read this title as "When Americans don't know they're Americans".
But in all seriousness, this is the most obvious thing ever. When you want to appeal to a base made up of mindless god's-cock sucking middle America idiots, you gotta stroke their ego.
What better way then to tell them that they know more then the people who are most obviously their superiors in terms of knowledge and wisdom?
@myriadcorp I feel the same way. Some time I feel like I am in the matrix and I am the only one unpluged. I hear the many origin stories and think WTF am I missing. Why do they believe this shit.
@myriadcorp I don't want to turn this into a theological discussion nor will I be dragged into one but this kind of condescension demonstrates precisely why you so called "free-thinkers" are anything but free (at least you atheists who fell a need to run into every online forum and declare your superiority; for the record: I'm not referring to all atheists). You are as bad as the rabid right wing who feel a need to condescend to others. Live and let live and stop talking down to people.
@mikepalomino "I don't want to turn this into a theological discussion but here is a 500 character post of relatively mindless theological invective given in response to a single sentence."
Interesting point. It's a good thing you prefaced that with your desire to not get drawn into theological discussion, or the casual viewer might take your theological response to a theological point the wrong way.
@Jermbot15 Nice try. But did you see anywhere in my comment where I argued for or against the existence of God? Such an argument is unnecessary to demonstrate @myriadcorp is wrong for making his comment. For one, it's totally off-topic to what is being discussed here - not to mention a gratuitous attempt at condescension. Two, such gross condescension is anathema to a Liberal. Liberals are about personal freedom, freedom to believe or not and freedom from intolerance from others.
@mikepalomino "Nice try. But did you see anywhere in my comment where I argued for or against the existence of God?"
No, you alas did not raise a position yourself when you spent 500 characters attacking a point that he did not raise. To keep things in perspective you replied to the following post.
"This is the same way I feel about people who believe in a god."
That you've managed to project so much into a single sentence is humorous. And intellectually lazy.
@mikepalomino o Unsupported assertion is not fact. No matter how many times you try to claim otherwise.
You did not call him an atheist, you called him a free thinker. That you amend your accusation now either shows you do not understand the difference or are inherently dishonest. That you do not realize that his post was on topic causes me to lean towards the first conclusion. That you believe your views are not debatable causes me to lean towards the second.
@Jermbot15 heh, seriously? You're splitting hairs over the use of the word free thinker? For real? Yes there is a difference, but a very slight one. Needless to say that the term is synonymous amongst atheists/humanists/agnostics. Not to mention that he knew exactly what I meant, therefore your point is moot. Now please, demonstrate that superior sense of rationalism you claim to have and let us put this off-topic discussion to rest. My comments were directed at him not you.
Once more, proof you are using words you do not understand and it is not synonymous with any of those other words you mention. This isn't splitting hairs, this is you being ignorant of a topic you choose to preach about.
And lets be honest, that's what you did. You didn't address his on topic point, you preached, and you prefaced it with the cowardly admission that you wouldn't be making a valid point or engaging in debate on the point he raises.
@Jermbot15 So what you're saying is: you cannot refute my argument and therefore forced to quibble about a word whose usage is correct for the aforementioned reasons. Talk about intellectual dishonesty! Your desperation is palpable.
Remind me: why is your so-called rationalism better again? You're exhibiting all the same characteristics of the most flustered Creationist. Have you and Ray Comfort been swapping notes? or just bananas? hehehe :)
@mikepalomino@mikepalomino No, I'm saying that, until you know the meaning of the words you are using, that you do not know what argument you are making and are, as you would say, beneath refutation. You 'aforementioned' no reasons, you simply asserted, once more without even an attempt at justification, that three related but largely divergent terms are the same.
Tell me, exactly why do you think NOT understanding words makes you smarter?
@Jermbot15 The word is not misused; you're arguing semantics. Even if the word "free thinker" does not formally mean "atheist" they are closely associated: like saying Conservative and Republican. Even if there is divergence between the two, it is understood that when we say one it can be used in place of the other.
But surely you already know this, you're not stupid, just dishonest.
@mikepalomino "free thinker" does not formally mean "atheist" they are closely associated:"
In which pretend universe that exists solely inside of your head? You also throw Agnostic and Humanist in there, those mean the same thing?
The core of your argument made against the original poster seems to be that atheists are free thinkers and both are yucky and engage in 'douchebag' behavior. But this ends up being just an opinion, one of many, held by someone who misuses words.
@mikepalomino Yes I don't follow your mythology. I think your comments are misguided when you take into the account your mythology is trying to run everyone's lives. I hear every conservative preaching small government, get government off our backs. However, these same people have no problem with trying to enforce their mythological values on people through legislation. I can see why using logic, reason, empirical evidence, & scientific method may offend you.
@myriadcorp The more you try to rationalize your arrogance and bigotry the more you become that which you hate. Ironic no?
Do some theists - particularly Christians - try to run the lives of others? Yes, unfortunately for all of us. In that sense I am not your adversary. That however is no excuse to lump all believers under a common label and condescendingly treat us like children. Most theists, especially left leaning believers, are not your enemy but your needless intolerance makes it so.
@mikepalomino Mike it's funny you see arrogance and bigotry in somebody who does not believe in your mythology. Just because I do not base my life on faith, the lack of evidence, does not make me a bigot or arrogant. Your view is not the only choice, there are alternatives. In my opinion, logic, reason, and using empirical evidence beats faith every time. If thats what a bigot is in your eyes I guess I am guilty. You agreed with me about theist so you got my point.
@myriadcorp You're talking to someone who identified as a secular humanist not long ago but as I took part in atheist discussions I began to see the very same blinkered arrogance from the supposedly "enlightened ones" such as yourself that I saw from the Fundamentalists that drove me away from religion in the first place.
In the end, all the evidence, logic and reason have not made you more benevolent, tolerant or humane. but merely a prop upon which to couch your hatred.
@myriadcorp And don't try to make it seem like I have a problem with what you think. You're welcome to believe (or not believe) whatever it is you wish. You came onto this channel and made an off-topic & gratuitous remark intended to be injurious. Therein lies the bigotry - not your belief - but in your words.
As I said, most theists - regardless of their beliefs - are not your enemies and many, like myself, believe in a secular society. Your condescension is counterproductive and unwarranted.
@CynicalSkeptic1 Me. You. Everyone. We are all proof there is a God. 2000 years of human history. A natural hatred of Him by people who claim he doesn't exist. Provable scripture. A supposedly un-needed bias on the part of atheists toward anyone outside of their faith and religion. DNA. Genetics. Quantum physics. And a theory that makes no sense backed up by theories that make no sense and don't require evidence. The notion that there are no truths (1+1=2) presented by biased atheist "experts".
@psycofloyd You said "Me. You. Everyone. We are all proof there is a God." No SIr, that is not proof of a God. That is your misguided interpretation of 'proof' of a God. Also, religiosity and intellect are inversely related. The higher your intelligence then the less likely you are to gravitate towards any belief in religion. Even if you Google "Least likely to believe in God" then the predominant response is "Intelligent people". (cont)
@psycofloyd Modern biological and genetic research has evolution at it's foundation and is (by far) the predominant opinion in scientific circles. Example: "In 2001 the Discovery Institute released 'Dissent from Darwin' which expresses skepticism that random mutations and natural selection can account for life's complexity. As of January 2011, over 800 scientists throughout the world have signed the 'Dissent from Darwin' list." (cont)
@psycofloyd "In response, the National Center for Science Education began 'Project Steve' which is a list of scientists named 'Steve' which support evolution. As of 2011, over 1,100 scientists with the name 'Steve' have signed the list. The scientists named 'Steve' that publicly support evolution outnumber the scientists of any name (worldwide) who publicly deny it."
@psycofloyd It is truly amazing that you were able to compact such an abundance of effluvium in one post. Atheism is most certainly NOT a religion. Religion is defined as "The praise or worship of a God or a supernatural entity.". The definition of Atheism is "a person who denies or disbelieves in the existence of a God or supreme being(s).
It would be quite obvious to anyone who understands how to use a dictionary that Atheism is NOT a religion.
@psycofloyd Lastly, I am an Atheist and I certainly don't have 'a natural hatred of God'. I was a Christian for twenty years and my parents sent me to a Christian school. The lack of evidence for God's existence is why I don't believe. It has absolutely nothing to do with hatred....it would be silly to 'hate' something which does not appear to exist. It would be similar to 'hating' Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
@manhunt48 He actually said "Since when do trolls tell the truth?". There was such an extraordinary concentration of malodorous information emanating from his comment that I had to utilize five posts to address it. Some people feel that their viewpoint is accurate no matter what evidence is presented to the contrary. I find this most prevalent with devout religious believers.
atheism= religion 4 tha god of ape followers who belief in some ape as their creator lolz..
but stupid new age apes wont figure that out lolz, stupid worship stupid that is how shit works
n real smart people know what they worship
RifBAfricanGanster 1 day ago
Who are the dummies talking in this video?
giovanhagar 1 week ago
This piece of shot discribes himself and doesn't even realize it.Talk about stupidity.
dane1848 3 weeks ago
Whats even worst is being Ignorant an thinking your an"INTELECTUAL"
dane1848 3 weeks ago
I Love To Fart!!!!
sbjennings99 1 month ago
I think it is foolish to take their ignorance so light-heartedly.
Their grievances are very similar to Left grievances with regard to big capital.
The solution is for the Left to stop being weak, to stop whining and look reality in the face. These people are ruined petty-bourgeoisie and slum proletariats whom capitalism will lay the price tag of bailouts and wars on if it is not abolished.
Continued compromise and restoration will fail, and reactionaries will kill people.
Auramor 6 months ago
i agree soooo much with this.
CircusOfBedlam 7 months ago
IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS IS ANYMORE, MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM IGNORANCE
chesleycareystar 8 months ago
Ignorance is bliss only when you are ignorant of your ignorance.
siloria 10 months ago 4
glen beck. is a contrived clown. deliberately on the air to spread discredit, to conspiracy truth seekers.(not theorists). co intel pro, turd in the punchbowl, call him whatever. the insertion of glen beck, into fox news ,is to make the public think that all real patriots, that question the govt. are as wacko as beck. dont fall for it.
jancrowb 11 months ago
Chauncey DeVega nails it here. I for one will admit that I'm no Oxford Erudite. But I have no problem telling some talk radio listening, faux news sheep that he or she is a fucking dumbass if they piss me off! I have had it up to my neck with their anti-intellectualism and they're echo chamber politics. These people are so damaging to the public discourse. And we have FOX News and Talk radio to thank for that.
DaHonestAbe 1 year ago
Whats frightening for our democracy is the loony left trying to defame all the hard working Americans who are fed up with reckless spending, and our dwindling rights as the Gov gets bigger & bigger & taxes us to hell. The left are TERRIFIED of Glenn Beck and the Americans who are voicing their opinion about the gov, and are doing everything they can to make us look ignorant & intolerant. People are angry for a reason--- look around!!!!!!!!! $3 Trilllion debt in 2 YEARS!?!
jmilber 1 year ago
Where were the deficit hawks while Bush ran up the biggest deficit of all time? How many of you hate the black president because he is black and deserves no protection or respect?
jgdmlw 1 year ago
@jgdmlw Bush was under TONS of media criticism for everything he did and DIDN't do-- from natural disasters to foreign affairs unrelated to him, the media attacked his every move. This isn't a matter of repub vs demn so don't point fingers at Bush, Obama has raised our deficit further than Bush did in 8 years in 2 years. Also, don't use that pathetic race card on me this is NOT a racial issue
jmilber 1 year ago
I have some conservative friends who react the same. Get all excited and The question I ask is never really answered. And you know a whole lot of people hate Obama for one reason and there seems to be nothing he can do right. Chill,bud.
jgdmlw 1 year ago
@jmilber And how much debt did bush have? When did the crisis hit? Probably not important for you. And it's funny you say the left is against normal hard working americans. Which side wants to protect the rich the most? You just repeat what you hear, but have no clue.
And you don't have to be left to let Beck look stupid, he's superb at it himself.
KittyGotSued 1 year ago
WOW--- Talk about arrogant "idiots" who don't even know how stupid they are. "Conservatives are not open to new info out of fear!" --- Lets compare repubs to Nazi Germany! How intolerant and cliche... These guys touch on NO real subject matter, they just try to act smart and insult people with other views as them. FYI Tea Party is about fiscal responsibility, smaller gov, lower tax. Whats so CRAZY about that? Its logical, and America spoke on the election day for congress.
jmilber 1 year ago
These two morons think that the common man can vote for himself and live free without the govr. spoon feeding him damn right we should be angry and upset it doesnt matter if your poor or rich you have to pay taxes the first 4 months of the year before you earn a single cent we dont need a central govr telling us how to live and think it is our right to own guns protect our property associate who we like this has nothing to do with reps or dems it is the people standing up to chose their own fate
imperiallion 1 year ago
Indeed .. belief in God (s) = real dumb
Thunderballs13 1 year ago 3
To the mainstream media's credit, the whole platform given to these people is just out of money chasing, and they deserve credit for pegging them "Teabaggers" and having it stick.
bobbydowns 1 year ago
If I hear one more moron reference the long discredited concept of the 'reptilian part of our brain' I'm gonna scream! The ignorant dissemination of misinformation - does this qualify as being too stupid to know you're stupid?
TeliVision1000 1 year ago
There is no scientific proof that using the term "tea bagger" CAUSES the "tea party" to get stronger. If you believe that logic, then logically consistently any time anyone uses the term "liberal" - even in a derogatory way - it causes liberals to get stronger.
deskset24 1 year ago
The solution is to stop pretending that there is a contradiction between brains & brawn. Look at all my posts and all the bomb threats and death threats that I made.
Peer-reviewed journals are critical, but even they cannot hold all the information that is necessary for the political world to function. In what category, in what journal, does one wish to prove that X people fight for cause C implies that increasing X causes more C? WHERE? That is game theory & math modelling.
deskset24 1 year ago
I disagree with their last statement and their sense of hopelessness: no, liberals & progressives have NOT lost the war of language, because all it takes is fighting back by endlessly repeating and defending OUR position with a club. I get sickened when people like this make points that we all know to be true, but then they fail to take that one extra step and end this bullshit false dichotomy between brains & brawn.
deskset24 1 year ago
I just read about some "One Nation" rally Oct 2 from the notes of one of your (golefttv's) other videos.. I googled and all I came up with was "One Nation Under God" rally. I also read in your notes for one of your other videos that the rightwingers were bashing that rally. So, I am confused: is this another case of rightwingers bashing other rightwingers for their delusional belief that they're not rightwing enough? I LOVE it when rightwingers kill rightwingers!
deskset24 1 year ago
Tea bagger is a derogatory term. Every time that word is spoken the tea party gets stronger. It's been mostly dropped by the left MSM, to bad that it's still in use here.
nodefire 1 year ago
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shanachie1 1 year ago
Ignorance can never know its own depth. The vast majority of people remain uneducated / under-educated, with undeveloped reasoning powers and perceptive abilities limited at best to an inch of their own ego. That this is the case in an apparently first world nation like the US is astounding.
mymatemartin 1 year ago
Chauncey DeVega! His blog is fantastic; so nice to hear a live audio interview!
nypunkeer 1 year ago
In relation to this, I have to recommend everyone to see the 1957 film "A Face in the Crowd". It is so relavent to this and besides, it's a great film.
882me 1 year ago
I am assuming this is a spoof piece designed to make liberals look bad...and stupid?
It worked!
rainbowwithrain 1 year ago
@rainbowwithrain
How does that make sense to you?
ajax7277 1 year ago
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@rainbowwithrain You what they say when you assume something , and you just proved it .
mesaeddie 1 year ago
you guys didn't mention the poor vote, they'll vote democrat, trust me, they always do, they're not going to go for the way minorities have been portreyed in the media
isawanangel2 1 year ago
right now progressives should be clean energy/vets, getting off foreign oil, the working class who like public school and roads, cops and firefighters, women who wear anything other than skirts, gays, people who'd like to move past fascism, minorities, um, whose still not listening, oh a few faux fans
isawanangel2 1 year ago
As a Texan, I grew up with this attitude that is so prevalent there; they take great pride in their own ignorance. That, along with the Jesse James attitude (it's so cool to be an outlaw, and they brag on it) is why I only go back to visit with family and old friends. There are reason's to love my home state and that's why it's a nice place to visit, but there's no way I ever want to go back and live there.
ankharris 1 year ago
Sadly, I have even been "defriended" on facebook by a couple of family members and by one of my former pastors simply because I beleive in looking out for the rights of the bottom 98% of wage earners in this county. I just don't get it; all 3 of these people are actually HURT by the policies of the right, yet they continue to support them! Go figure?!!!
jimdcarter 1 year ago
Excellent...although I would point out that it's generally males who might 'pick up clubs' and turn to violence to deal with their frustrations. Typically, women wouldn't do this. Just trying to be logical and fact-based. Sorry, guys!
BeckyinAtlanta 1 year ago
Happy little moron doesn't give a damn, Wish I was a moron, who knows, perhaps I am?
gradypowell123 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
The easiest way to know that the stupid people don't know they're stupid, is they put a (D) in front of them
JoeArpaio2012 1 year ago
@JoeArpaio2012
Or to think that what 'side' your on has any meaning at all. Quit thinking in Black and White and realize the realm or grey is much more important, and 100 times larger that what you consider 'right & wrong'. Conservatively Liberal ? You're kidding yourself if you think either sides matter, you're only fooling yourself.
nico623 1 year ago
@nico623 there is no such thing as a conservative liberal. But liberals have more than shown their stupidity in the last 2 years.
If you don't agree with them , you are racist. or unamerican. Thats the only argument they have which isn't even an argument, it's a cop out.
JoeArpaio2012 1 year ago
@nico623
Conservative= how do you play on paying for that ?
Liberal = I don't have enough intelligence or common sense to answer that so you must be a racist.
JoeArpaio2012 1 year ago
@JoeArpaio2012 Again you're thinking in black and white, and fear. Did you watch this video ? Is this mic on ? Brain functions can be such a task for some people.
nico623 1 year ago
@JoeArpaio2012 You proved my point with out even realizing it. Remember what this clip was about ?
nico623 1 year ago
Insightful, thank you for posting this vid.
goney3 1 year ago
EXCELLENT video. This is what I've been ranting for the past six months. This really has been an opportunity for the dumbest fools in this country to come out of the closet and group up...so they don't realize that they are idiots. They are JUST LIKE the other idiots next to them.
Thank you fox propaganda. You have given this morons an opportunity to show off their stupidity. Unfortunately, the rest of the world thinks we are a nation of morons....which we seem to be.
HulksHeroes 1 year ago 2
@HulksHeroes
sorry for the typos......should have proofed it.
HulksHeroes 1 year ago
@HulksHeroes Thank you fox propaganda. You have given this morons an opportunity to show off their stupidity. Unfortunately, the rest of the world thinks we are a nation of morons....which we seem to be.
Quoted for truth.
fadfskfsk 1 year ago 2
Well the important thing is that Mike Papantonio has found a way to feel superior.
academiccuriosity 1 year ago
Simply reading the comments here shows the stark differences between conservatives and progressives when it comes to political discourse.
parttimehuman 1 year ago
What is that quote again... oh yeah... "Those who think that know about everything annoys those who do."
True... but why is it that most of us can't speak up to these tea baggers?
Linkaro2 1 year ago
The paper on which this video is based is online as a PDF, search for 'dunning kruger' and the Wikipedia article links to it.
hartleypatterson 1 year ago
The statement that these teabaggers "Worship their own ignorance," is more appropriate than I think he knew. Most of them think they are in communication with the all knowing mind of a god, which they worship. This reinforces their stupidity because they feel every ignorant passing inclination in their mind is an all encompassing wisdom filled intuition from a god. Why would you need to learn anything if you had a god in your head?
NemoAutor 1 year ago 47
@NemoAutor
I think that's exactly what he meant. =)
sirkyan 1 year ago
@NemoAutor What you said is so right on its scary, ive been wanting to say that for a long time...right on ...Down with general ignorance. On a side note, if the voice in your head tells you to steal a car, thats not God, it could be the Devil....interesting thought huh....could Glenn be controlled by SATAN !!!! LoooL...
eqgmrdbz 1 year ago
@NemoAutor One million thumbs up.
bobbydowns 1 year ago
We are now nearly at 3rd world status when it comes to our math and science scores,and the stupid right want the people more stupid,so they can be more easily controlled.The lockstep right is just plain scary.When a human ceases to think and search for truth then they are truely lost.
blair227 1 year ago 4
I just do not understand the lionizing of ignorance and the demonizing of education. America is on a downward spiral of having an educated populace and the outcome of this mindset is frightening.
jhr459 1 year ago 11
I would also add that many (but not all) stupid people have very poor listening skills as well. Listening and patience compliment each other.
quitearow 1 year ago 3
Look carefully at Glenn Beck speaking at his rally. He is wearing a flak vest.
getplaning 1 year ago
@getplaning of course
quitearow 1 year ago
Is this like... "I see stupid people and they don't even know they're stupid?"
OhZoneFan 1 year ago
(cont) throw in some religion, bring to a boil, stir with a radio entertainer, and a momma bear, and BAMM, you have yourself a steaming Tea-Party stew. yummy...LoL....Lets hope real thinking Americans, avoid the stew long enough for it to spoil.
eqgmrdbz 1 year ago 2
Stupid is as stupid does. Run Forest, run!!! LOL They just want to be told what to do. That's the reason they follow people like Beck, Palin, Rushbo, and all the other idiots on the right. It is just dumbfounding that people actually listen and believe all the BS they portray. It's just amazing to watch these people follow these idiots.
SmittyNmo 1 year ago 2
Pure Genius...the way Glenn strings his followers allong, and the this Vid. Great Vid, most, im not gonna say all, cuzz if it was least, Glenn wouldn't have a following, of Glenn's followers, cling to Glenn and Palinm and the GOP, cuzz they bait them with their fears, here's some, Goverment takeover, Legalize Immigration, Economic Takeover, Obama is gonna take your guns, They are gonna kill granma, your children will inherit the massive debt. As you can see once they are bait'ed (cont)
eqgmrdbz 1 year ago 2
If Sarah "I'm an Idiot" Palin can convince people that being a constitutional scholar is somehow a bad thing, then that speaks volumes of the utter stupidity of her misguided followers. To many if not most of the people on the right, facts & logic doesn't make one bit of a difference to their thinking.
ThaGenius101 1 year ago 2
My late father was an advertising exec for his whole working life and he always said that people were generally stupid, and the more annoying the ad, the better the sales of the product.
Beck and his ilk are all living proof of that maxim.
wmg111 1 year ago
@wmg111 HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD; HEAD ON: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD...
lol you reminded me of that with your comment. I guess that ad is the epitome of your father's words. Though I personally was never bought the product. I'm more receptive to funny ads, not annoying ones.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
The right wing powers that be know this about their followers and then play them like a fiddle - making them believe it's in their best interest to be against and vote against their best interests.
historygeek2007 1 year ago
Stupid equals power to the conniving few who know how to manipulate others, although it is terribly easy to control these dimwits. And these tea buggers' superiority complex is a great irony--they think progressives are elites, when in fact these dumb f**** are the true elites.
bartonim 1 year ago
It's easy for stupid people to believe they're smart.
Intelligent people see and weigh thousands of shades of grey.
Stupid people only see black or white.
Intelligent people see complexity and uncertainty.
Stupid people lack the capacity for critical analysis, so lots of facts only confuse them.
Intelligent people constantly question things.
Stupid people don't want to be wrong, so they simply dig their heels in and insist they're right, regardless of where the evidence leads.
bushputz 1 year ago 6
As a Canadian, I read this title as "When Americans don't know they're Americans".
But in all seriousness, this is the most obvious thing ever. When you want to appeal to a base made up of mindless god's-cock sucking middle America idiots, you gotta stroke their ego.
What better way then to tell them that they know more then the people who are most obviously their superiors in terms of knowledge and wisdom?
EziekielNightwind 1 year ago 2
Why the hell does Sirius satellite radio not kick Lyne Samuels off and put this show on. WTF.
a300pilotster 1 year ago
It's about time we inject a little social psychology into the discussion- this ain't rocket science, folks.
madamezora7 1 year ago
Great analysis, its like hearing a recording or listening to robots, programmed by propaganda.
thernr 1 year ago
This is the same way I feel about people who believe in a god.
myriadcorp 1 year ago 18
@myriadcorp I feel the same way. Some time I feel like I am in the matrix and I am the only one unpluged. I hear the many origin stories and think WTF am I missing. Why do they believe this shit.
a300pilotster 1 year ago
@myriadcorp I don't want to turn this into a theological discussion nor will I be dragged into one but this kind of condescension demonstrates precisely why you so called "free-thinkers" are anything but free (at least you atheists who fell a need to run into every online forum and declare your superiority; for the record: I'm not referring to all atheists). You are as bad as the rabid right wing who feel a need to condescend to others. Live and let live and stop talking down to people.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino "I don't want to turn this into a theological discussion but here is a 500 character post of relatively mindless theological invective given in response to a single sentence."
Interesting point. It's a good thing you prefaced that with your desire to not get drawn into theological discussion, or the casual viewer might take your theological response to a theological point the wrong way.
Jermbot15 1 year ago
@Jermbot15 Nice try. But did you see anywhere in my comment where I argued for or against the existence of God? Such an argument is unnecessary to demonstrate @myriadcorp is wrong for making his comment. For one, it's totally off-topic to what is being discussed here - not to mention a gratuitous attempt at condescension. Two, such gross condescension is anathema to a Liberal. Liberals are about personal freedom, freedom to believe or not and freedom from intolerance from others.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino "Nice try. But did you see anywhere in my comment where I argued for or against the existence of God?"
No, you alas did not raise a position yourself when you spent 500 characters attacking a point that he did not raise. To keep things in perspective you replied to the following post.
"This is the same way I feel about people who believe in a god."
That you've managed to project so much into a single sentence is humorous. And intellectually lazy.
Jermbot15 1 year ago
@Jermbot15 Your comments are so beneath contempt that they are scarcely worth responding to.
Intellectually lazy? Methinks you are the one projecting.
The original comment:
o is off-topic: FACT
o is meant to be condescending: FACT
o is not unique and reflects the typical douchebag who uses their atheism to browbeat others: FACT
o Points 1, 2 & 3 are all true and not open to interpretation therefore my comments are valid.
Now run off and troll somewhere else. You are a disgrace to rationalism.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino o Unsupported assertion is not fact. No matter how many times you try to claim otherwise.
You did not call him an atheist, you called him a free thinker. That you amend your accusation now either shows you do not understand the difference or are inherently dishonest. That you do not realize that his post was on topic causes me to lean towards the first conclusion. That you believe your views are not debatable causes me to lean towards the second.
Jermbot15 1 year ago
@Jermbot15 heh, seriously? You're splitting hairs over the use of the word free thinker? For real? Yes there is a difference, but a very slight one. Needless to say that the term is synonymous amongst atheists/humanists/agnostics. Not to mention that he knew exactly what I meant, therefore your point is moot. Now please, demonstrate that superior sense of rationalism you claim to have and let us put this off-topic discussion to rest. My comments were directed at him not you.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino "but a very slight one."
Once more, proof you are using words you do not understand and it is not synonymous with any of those other words you mention. This isn't splitting hairs, this is you being ignorant of a topic you choose to preach about.
And lets be honest, that's what you did. You didn't address his on topic point, you preached, and you prefaced it with the cowardly admission that you wouldn't be making a valid point or engaging in debate on the point he raises.
Jermbot15 1 year ago
@Jermbot15 So what you're saying is: you cannot refute my argument and therefore forced to quibble about a word whose usage is correct for the aforementioned reasons. Talk about intellectual dishonesty! Your desperation is palpable.
Remind me: why is your so-called rationalism better again? You're exhibiting all the same characteristics of the most flustered Creationist. Have you and Ray Comfort been swapping notes? or just bananas? hehehe :)
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino @mikepalomino No, I'm saying that, until you know the meaning of the words you are using, that you do not know what argument you are making and are, as you would say, beneath refutation. You 'aforementioned' no reasons, you simply asserted, once more without even an attempt at justification, that three related but largely divergent terms are the same.
Tell me, exactly why do you think NOT understanding words makes you smarter?
Jermbot15 1 year ago
@Jermbot15 The word is not misused; you're arguing semantics. Even if the word "free thinker" does not formally mean "atheist" they are closely associated: like saying Conservative and Republican. Even if there is divergence between the two, it is understood that when we say one it can be used in place of the other.
But surely you already know this, you're not stupid, just dishonest.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino "free thinker" does not formally mean "atheist" they are closely associated:"
In which pretend universe that exists solely inside of your head? You also throw Agnostic and Humanist in there, those mean the same thing?
The core of your argument made against the original poster seems to be that atheists are free thinkers and both are yucky and engage in 'douchebag' behavior. But this ends up being just an opinion, one of many, held by someone who misuses words.
Jermbot15 1 year ago
@mikepalomino Yes I don't follow your mythology. I think your comments are misguided when you take into the account your mythology is trying to run everyone's lives. I hear every conservative preaching small government, get government off our backs. However, these same people have no problem with trying to enforce their mythological values on people through legislation. I can see why using logic, reason, empirical evidence, & scientific method may offend you.
myriadcorp 1 year ago
@myriadcorp The more you try to rationalize your arrogance and bigotry the more you become that which you hate. Ironic no?
Do some theists - particularly Christians - try to run the lives of others? Yes, unfortunately for all of us. In that sense I am not your adversary. That however is no excuse to lump all believers under a common label and condescendingly treat us like children. Most theists, especially left leaning believers, are not your enemy but your needless intolerance makes it so.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino Mike it's funny you see arrogance and bigotry in somebody who does not believe in your mythology. Just because I do not base my life on faith, the lack of evidence, does not make me a bigot or arrogant. Your view is not the only choice, there are alternatives. In my opinion, logic, reason, and using empirical evidence beats faith every time. If thats what a bigot is in your eyes I guess I am guilty. You agreed with me about theist so you got my point.
myriadcorp 1 year ago
@myriadcorp You're talking to someone who identified as a secular humanist not long ago but as I took part in atheist discussions I began to see the very same blinkered arrogance from the supposedly "enlightened ones" such as yourself that I saw from the Fundamentalists that drove me away from religion in the first place.
In the end, all the evidence, logic and reason have not made you more benevolent, tolerant or humane. but merely a prop upon which to couch your hatred.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@myriadcorp And don't try to make it seem like I have a problem with what you think. You're welcome to believe (or not believe) whatever it is you wish. You came onto this channel and made an off-topic & gratuitous remark intended to be injurious. Therein lies the bigotry - not your belief - but in your words.
As I said, most theists - regardless of their beliefs - are not your enemies and many, like myself, believe in a secular society. Your condescension is counterproductive and unwarranted.
mikepalomino 1 year ago
@mikepalomino Excellent post.
kileer71 1 year ago
@myriadcorp So you fell the same way for Dostoevsky, Einstein(agnostic), Faraday, Kelvin, Capernicous, Da Vinci, Tchaikovsky ?
80136060 1 year ago
@myriadcorp But God is real. So that would make you the stupid one apparently :)
psycofloyd 1 year ago
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@psycofloyd You said "But God is real. So that would make you the stupid one apparently.".
Please exhibit your evidence for the existence of God.
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago
@CynicalSkeptic1 Me. You. Everyone. We are all proof there is a God. 2000 years of human history. A natural hatred of Him by people who claim he doesn't exist. Provable scripture. A supposedly un-needed bias on the part of atheists toward anyone outside of their faith and religion. DNA. Genetics. Quantum physics. And a theory that makes no sense backed up by theories that make no sense and don't require evidence. The notion that there are no truths (1+1=2) presented by biased atheist "experts".
psycofloyd 1 year ago
@psycofloyd You said "Me. You. Everyone. We are all proof there is a God." No SIr, that is not proof of a God. That is your misguided interpretation of 'proof' of a God. Also, religiosity and intellect are inversely related. The higher your intelligence then the less likely you are to gravitate towards any belief in religion. Even if you Google "Least likely to believe in God" then the predominant response is "Intelligent people". (cont)
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago
@psycofloyd Modern biological and genetic research has evolution at it's foundation and is (by far) the predominant opinion in scientific circles. Example: "In 2001 the Discovery Institute released 'Dissent from Darwin' which expresses skepticism that random mutations and natural selection can account for life's complexity. As of January 2011, over 800 scientists throughout the world have signed the 'Dissent from Darwin' list." (cont)
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago
@psycofloyd "In response, the National Center for Science Education began 'Project Steve' which is a list of scientists named 'Steve' which support evolution. As of 2011, over 1,100 scientists with the name 'Steve' have signed the list. The scientists named 'Steve' that publicly support evolution outnumber the scientists of any name (worldwide) who publicly deny it."
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago
@psycofloyd It is truly amazing that you were able to compact such an abundance of effluvium in one post. Atheism is most certainly NOT a religion. Religion is defined as "The praise or worship of a God or a supernatural entity.". The definition of Atheism is "a person who denies or disbelieves in the existence of a God or supreme being(s).
It would be quite obvious to anyone who understands how to use a dictionary that Atheism is NOT a religion.
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago 3
@psycofloyd Lastly, I am an Atheist and I certainly don't have 'a natural hatred of God'. I was a Christian for twenty years and my parents sent me to a Christian school. The lack of evidence for God's existence is why I don't believe. It has absolutely nothing to do with hatred....it would be silly to 'hate' something which does not appear to exist. It would be similar to 'hating' Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago
@psycofloyd troll harder
manhunt48 1 year ago
@manhunt48 Since when do trolls tell the truth?
psycofloyd 1 year ago
@psycofloyd
Exactly. . .
manhunt48 1 year ago
@manhunt48 He actually said "Since when do trolls tell the truth?". There was such an extraordinary concentration of malodorous information emanating from his comment that I had to utilize five posts to address it. Some people feel that their viewpoint is accurate no matter what evidence is presented to the contrary. I find this most prevalent with devout religious believers.
CynicalSkeptic1 1 year ago 2
This Chauncey's no gardener (badoom ching)
daevczen 1 year ago