Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoA third of Americans agree with Trump that immigrants ‘poison the blood’ of USwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareBen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·8 months agoI’m struggling here to avoid being offensive - but really, Americans often appear to me to be averaging subhuman intelligence. Yesterday I was reading about Latino MAGA’s who just assume Trump isn’t talking about them…
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-28 months agoUsing “subhuman” for persons while arguing against eugenics… You can’t make that stuff up
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months agoI’m not saying America is the center of world intellectualism, but you’re also getting quite a selection bias since “stupid American” stories are even popular to other Americans.
minus-squareauzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 months agoI thought that same But actually, after visiting Denver I was super surprised by how friendly and normal people were I’d easily live there (and no, I’m not a weed smoker. Never tried it, no plans to, do doesn’t influence my decision)
minus-squareLastWish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoThink of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin Great man, that George Carlin, great man.
I’m struggling here to avoid being offensive - but really, Americans often appear to me to be averaging subhuman intelligence.
Yesterday I was reading about Latino MAGA’s who just assume Trump isn’t talking about them…
Using “subhuman” for persons while arguing against eugenics…
You can’t make that stuff up
I’m not saying America is the center of world intellectualism, but you’re also getting quite a selection bias since “stupid American” stories are even popular to other Americans.
I thought that same
But actually, after visiting Denver I was super surprised by how friendly and normal people were
I’d easily live there (and no, I’m not a weed smoker. Never tried it, no plans to, do doesn’t influence my decision)
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin
Great man, that George Carlin, great man.