Comments on: Trump, – and Republican intellect

By: Jorg

Jorg — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:20:44 +0000

In reply to Al Ward. Must have listened with a Republican mind! Happens all the time! One of Trump's latest statements, "If you vote for a democrat, you are crazy", makes my entire family and all my friends, far and near, all crazy! End of discussion.

By: Al Ward

Al Ward — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:52:29 +0000

If conservative ( not necessarily Republican) right-wing nonsense is regressive indoctrination, why is it that the examples of progressive propaganda that I listed above were all learned as I listened with an open mind to the ideas expressed by people like Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Matthews, Joy Reid, and Van Jones?

By: Jorg

Jorg — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:49:05 +0000

In reply to Al Ward. I didn’t think it was necessary to define what indoctrination means, but here’s from the dictionary: “teach to accept (esp. partisan or tendentious) ideas uncritically”, while regression means “reversion, deterioration, backsliding, recidivism”. Those rather incorrect examples you gave above, are typical of republican thinking and what they are indoctrinated to believe about their counterpart in politics.

By: Al Ward

Al Ward — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:52:35 +0000

Thanks for the MSNBC viewing advice. Will Rachel Maddow explain what regressive indoctrination means? I hope so because you seem to be unable to do so since I have asked you twice.

By the way I forgot to include a prevalent line of thinking emanating from the Progressive Elites of academic America. That is that America is a force for evil in the world, founded by racist slave owners, expanded across the continent through genocide, etc etc. I learned that from CNN and MSNBC.

By: Jorg

Jorg — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:38:48 +0000

In reply to Al Ward. Just another batch of right-wing nonsense, which at least partly serves to define “regressive indoctrination”. Instead of wasting my time on an impossible educational task, I suggest again to watch MSNBC with an open mind, especially Rachel Maddow, to get a broader picture of what is happening in the country, and how dangerous Trump’s republicanism is.

By: Al Ward

Al Ward — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:06:19 +0000

I don’t understand what regressive indoctrination means. Please give examples.
Examples of Progressive propaganda is easy: government should provide equal outcomes because equal opportunity is unfair, Banning travel from nine of the 50 muslim-majority countries in the world is racist, Allowing conservative political ideas to be aired is a danger to The Republic, Open borders and unrestricted immigration is a good thing regardless of the burden it puts on schools, hospitals, and other public services, and the harm it inflicts on poverty-stricken American citizens, Squandering money on keeping the military services properly equipped is a misallocation of resources that should be spent on antipoverty programs ( which have proven to be a failure and in fact antiproductive), The police are racist and should be replaced with????
Question: Are school crossing guards as racist as the police? As an Insider you should know. You would probably have a clearer picture of that if you had worked as a school crossing guard in an impoverished neighborhood where unruly kids from fatherless homes are the norm.

By: Jorg

Jorg — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:34:54 +0000

In reply to Al Ward. I wouldn't think that "regressive indoctrination" on the part of the conservatives needs more explanation than "progressive propaganda" for the democratically inclined. When it comes to Republicans lowering academic standards, do we need to say more than Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, appointed by Donald Trump?

By: Al Ward

Al Ward — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:58:34 +0000

Please define “regressive indoctrination” as exercised by Republicans, and also please provide examples of Republicans set on lowering academic standards.

By: Jorg

Jorg — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:15:12 +0000

In reply to Al Ward. Sure, Republicans call it “progressive propaganda” to deflect from their own regressive indoctrination, - just as necessary for their own survival to fool the gullible, as it is for religion to survive. More advanced education tends to teach people to think for themselves, thus making them less prone to fall for republicanism as well as religiosity. That may also explain why Republicans are so set on lowering academic standards, teaching students what to think, instead of how to think. The result is not good for the country!

By: Al Ward

Al Ward — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:20:37 +0000

Very interesting and totally believable.

It has been previously documented that people who are cognitively more capable (e.g. Hillary voters) are in general people who are university-educated.

Studies show that young people attending university have their minds poisoned by academic elites spouting Progressive propaganda.