Why is getting information into their skulls like trying to drill a diamond block with a plastic drill bit?
2007-05-12 11:17:12 · 27 answers · asked by K. Marx iii 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
This question is NOT about me or whether or not I am clever. Its about debate and the engagement thereof!
2007-05-12 11:24:07 · update #1
Information IN is a fact of life. As its said, "If you dont listen, you dont learn."
2007-05-12 11:25:34 · update #2
I had to qualify ORDINARY, because, frankly I could not say ordinary Americans just like that. It has become that bad!
2007-05-12 11:29:23 · update #3
OPINION? How can three hundred dumbsos have the SAME opinion? JC!
2007-05-12 11:49:48 · update #4
Sorry, three hundred MILLION dumbsos, that is.
2007-05-12 11:52:35 · update #5
I would love to tell you not to generalise, and that most Americans are just like you and me. But I can't.
You are so right. Just go on the American section of Yahoo Answers. There isn't a braincell between them.
Take gun law. What is not to understand about the more guns in circulation, the more massacres there will be. The American answer? More guns. Spiffing.
I put it down to in-breeding.
2007-05-12 11:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 6⤋
Having dealt with lots , and my brother lives in Calf.
It is because they live an insular society
We , in Europe have some, idea of different cultures and languages that are lived separately
They, in the main only see things from within America
Most, can not understand money other than Dollars ; do not understand postal costs or fuel cost other than their own.
America is a huge country, self sufficient and self contained .
On the other hand I deal with Americans that have huge intellect and knowledge but most of all they have unbounding enthusiasm for pursuing any interests .... which certainly put anything in the UK to shame
2007-05-12 18:30:31 · answer #2 · answered by SPARKFISH 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think in European countries or other developed countries outside America, this is the prejudiced and sterotypical image. all thanks to the media which loves to show and flaunt Americans eating fastfood at Mcdonalds and talking or complaining loudly. But this is obviously a wrong assumption, because it is based on stereotypes. Just as the english are thought of being too cold or high and mighty drinking tea all the time, this is a media-created idea that is unrepresentative of Americans as a whole. It isnt fair to tar the whole of ordinary America with the same brush just as it is wrong to say all Muslims are extremists. so let us try to dispel such myths and prejudices from this forum, because we live in a society that should be fair and tolerant.
2007-05-12 18:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by ilovezeus 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If you think 300 million Americans have the same opinion on anything, particularly politics, then you obviously don't know many Americans.
2007-05-13 10:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by Fancy That 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My good man, in am in the US and have only met clever, fun and giving people. You need to change who you mix with, it could be your skills of communication that is the problem as well. I do hope you are not British as i thought we were out of the Dark Age and in the 21st century
2007-05-13 08:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They may seem that way to you simply because they don't agree with you. Two equally intelligent people can have very different opinions, even when confronted with exactly the same information on the subject. Simply repeating said information from you own PoV is unlikely to change the other's mind, so, if you're a bit judgemental, you may decide he's got something wrong with him.
Or it could just be that you overestimate your own intelligence, and thus feel the need to denigrate that of other people.
2007-05-12 18:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
The average IQ of a citizen of the USA is 100. That should give you your answer. Mine is 137. I knew what was going to happen in Iraq before it happened. I never voted for George W. Bush because I knew what he would do. Our people are not that smart.
2007-05-12 18:28:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Well aren't you just Mr. Special. I'm ordinary, and I'm not thick. You're probably just an ordinary elitist. And everyone knows that they're the thickest of them all.
2007-05-12 18:28:22 · answer #8 · answered by Dash 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You mean the same nation that adores movies like "Dumb and Dumber", Reality TV, and other stupid stuff? I wouldn't have a clue. I personally read alot and pay attention to what is really happening. Many are "too busy" to pay attention. The result is the mess we are in right now. WAKE UP AMERICA!!
Democracy, use it or lose it. We are very close to losing it.
2007-05-12 18:27:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
What you are describing is the extraordinary ability of ordinary Americans to be insusceptible to brain-washing.
Thanks for the compliment.
2007-05-12 18:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by Shrink 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋