Why Is everything dumbed-down to be either Liberal or Conservative ?

Answer 1

Because it requires less thought.

Answer 2

I find it to be amazing that the political spectrum is considered a 1d line... when at least it is a 2d box with complete ranges of viewpoint on how much government should be involved in our lives and how it should. the media dumbs things down so that it seems much more polarizing and imminent... the flashier the story the more viewers/ readers/ listeners.
The link below is for those who wish to find where the fall inside of this 2d box.

Answer 3

I think its social apathy and government encouraged dumbing down of America,dumb people are easier to manipulate.

Some thirty million adults in the U.S. do not have the skills to perform even the most basic tasks such as adding numbers on a bank slip, identifying a place on a map, or reading directions for taking a medication. Eleven million Americans are totally illiterate in English.
Only twenty-nine percent of Americans have basic reading and computing skills. One out of every twenty Americans lacks the ability to understand what is going on in the world or to develop an informed opinion for voting.

http://www.hermes-press.com/education_in...

Americans are far from alone in the world, but from the perspective of many young Americans, we might as well be. Most young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 demonstrate a limited understanding of the world, and they place insufficient importance on the basic geographic skills that might enhance their knowledge.

Young Americans answer about half (54 percent) of all the survey questions correctly. But by and large, majorities of young adults fail at a range of questions testing their basic geographic literacy.

Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map—though U.S. troops have been there since 2003.
6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently.
20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia. (It's the largest country in Africa.)
48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It's Hindu—by a landslide.)
Half of young Americans can't find New York on a map.
These results suggest that young people in the United States—the most recent graduates of our educational system—are unprepared for an increasingly global future. Far too many lack even the most basic skills for navigating the international economy or understanding the relationships among people and places that provide critical context for world events.

About the Survey

The findings presented are the results of a face-to-face survey conducted from December 17, 2005, to January 20, 2006, by Roper Public Affairs and Media, a part of GfK NOP. This study is the latest in a series of surveys commissioned by the National Geographic Society.

Many in power believe that deception of the American public is a legitimate way for them to achieve their plan. Bush's so-called "war on terror" is the cloak for a personal agenda ,but this form of manipulation has always been popular with governments because it works so well

Answer 4

Well, do you think that democrat and republican is really adequate?

I don't consider it "dumbing down." I think many Americans identify more readily with the concepts of liberal and conservative than we do the parties themselves.

But that's just my dumb opinion.

Answer 5

Because people either wear Liberal 3D glasses or they wear Conservative 3D glasses.

Answer 6

It makes for great namecalling on these forums, but you're right, it really shortens any argument into nothingness.

As long as our population can be evenly divided, a small elite can really make a go of things.

Answer 7

That's a very good question.
I wish the political bi**hing and complaining would just stop.
I am so annoyed with politicians acting like little kids.

Answer 8

Because Americans need 45 different kind of tooth paste, but any more than 2 complex viewpoints and we go on overload.

Answer 9

Because so many people refuse to take any time to educate themselves about issues. They would rather be spoon-fed.

Answer 10

only the liberal stuff is dumb

or

because you can't smarten up liberal propaganda


(just to let you know, this was a joke)