American Stupidity Surrounds You
Maybe you haven't noticed this, then again, if you have, you wouldn't be
reading this post. Almost half the people in America (and anywhere I guess) are
below average intelligence. To put this in context, look at the people around
you, half of them are stupid. Well, maybe not, but that's the way I've been
looking at things lately. I look at the national take on subjects and polling
statistics, and I have to think to myself, "Well, almost half of them can't
decide what to have for breakfast, so why does that poll make a difference?"
Then I realized that most of the people that answer polls are also the people
that vote, that tends to scare me a bit. I used to look at polls on the front
page of USA Today (a throw-away rag if you ask me) and those polls on the front
page of CNN.com. Things like "Should People Be Smarter?" and about 39%
would answer NO. Some people just like answering questions, it makes them
feel a bit more worthy. They may not understand the question, but DAMN! they
really have a good answer for you!
Instead of a push for getting more people to vote, maybe there should be a
push to make sure the people voting have some idea "why" they are voting.
I have talked to too many people that have seriously told me "I like Bush, he is
a nice person." How would you know? Have you met him? If not, is that what the
news told you? Did you ignore the fact that he led us into a war based on a lie
and led thousands of Americans to their deaths? Do you still support him? Is
this a rhetorical question? Do you get all your information from
television? Do you believe all you have been told or do you at least make some
attempt to find the truth? Even if he IS a nice person, I'm sure Hitler was nice
to the children around him. And, before all you Neo-cons get up in arms, that
was just a comparison made to explain the stupidity of that "he is nice"
thought, not a direct comparison!
Look, if you don't know what you are voting for, or are just basing your vote
on the belief that one candidate is "nicer" than the other, I would like
you to stay at home on the election night. You may be one of the stupider
people. I don't know how else to put this, but you may not be smart enough to
vote.
Yes, there should be a "catch" for stupid voting, but it shouldn't be the
Electoral College.
