The true dumbing down of America. I find this pew poll astounding. WTF is going on down there? Is it simply that the more educated you are the harder it is to believe the only book the evangelical Christian republicans want you to read? Believing in the book does not require critical thinking or scientific facts; in fact just the opposite is required.
If you want people to believe in men’s ribs that create women, talking snakes, eating apples that genetically taint all your future ancestors with original sin because of your current bad food choices, furnace fires that don’t burn you because you believe it won’t, lions that don’t eat you when you are thrown into their cage because you don’t believe they will eat you, magical births without sperm, 10 horned 7 headed dragons who threaten the world …… then you certainly don’t want people using critical thinking or scientific facts.
Propaganda works – 58 percent of Republicans believe education is bad
Critics of Fox News may discount the effectiveness of the right wing outlet’s effort to transform America into a fascist theocracy controlled by the ultra-rich and extremist evangelicals, but that would be a monumental mistake. Like all successful propaganda agencies, Fox broadcasts talking points crafted by evangelical and corporate activists nonstop until their mendacious messaging is considered biblical truths.
Fox News, like Republicans and Trump, could never succeed as an ultra-conservative propaganda outlet without an ignorant population. The only way to continue having success at propagandizing is convincing Americans that being educated and informed is detrimental to the nation and its citizens; something Fox and Republicans have been very successful at over the past two years.
The idea that education is bad for the country is contrary to the belief of the Declaration of Independence’s author, Founding Father and third American President Thomas Jefferson. He said:
More: http://churchandstate.org.uk/2018/0...rcent-of-republicans-believe-education-is-bad
If you want people to believe in men’s ribs that create women, talking snakes, eating apples that genetically taint all your future ancestors with original sin because of your current bad food choices, furnace fires that don’t burn you because you believe it won’t, lions that don’t eat you when you are thrown into their cage because you don’t believe they will eat you, magical births without sperm, 10 horned 7 headed dragons who threaten the world …… then you certainly don’t want people using critical thinking or scientific facts.
Propaganda works – 58 percent of Republicans believe education is bad
Critics of Fox News may discount the effectiveness of the right wing outlet’s effort to transform America into a fascist theocracy controlled by the ultra-rich and extremist evangelicals, but that would be a monumental mistake. Like all successful propaganda agencies, Fox broadcasts talking points crafted by evangelical and corporate activists nonstop until their mendacious messaging is considered biblical truths.
Fox News, like Republicans and Trump, could never succeed as an ultra-conservative propaganda outlet without an ignorant population. The only way to continue having success at propagandizing is convincing Americans that being educated and informed is detrimental to the nation and its citizens; something Fox and Republicans have been very successful at over the past two years.
The idea that education is bad for the country is contrary to the belief of the Declaration of Independence’s author, Founding Father and third American President Thomas Jefferson. He said:
“An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.”
Another legendary world leader, Sir Winston Churchill said:
“The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.”
Obviously, the current administration and the Republican Party it represents wholly disagrees with the concept of a well-educated citizenry, or that it is beneficial to America if the populace is educated and informed. Likely because the less educated the people are, the more electoral support Republicans enjoy and the more success Trump has as the ultimate purveyor of “fake news.”
More: http://churchandstate.org.uk/2018/0...rcent-of-republicans-believe-education-is-bad
