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The political illiterate (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2013 OP
Kinda hits the nail on the head, doesn't it? Suich Oct 2013 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #2
Tea Party motto should be "Ignorant and Proud of It". mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #3
I love this quote! Thanks! nt Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #4
Thank you, she.. Cha Oct 2013 #5
K&R dog_lovin_dem Oct 2013 #6
In ancient Greece "Idiota" meant any citizen that didnt vote. ErikJ Oct 2013 #7
Too bad so many of our idiota vote. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #9
Wow, that's pretty straight forward tavalon Oct 2013 #8
K&R oxymoron Oct 2013 #10

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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
7. In ancient Greece "Idiota" meant any citizen that didnt vote.
Sun Oct 6, 2013, 12:50 AM
Oct 2013

In ancient Greece, the inventors of democracy set up a law that required every person to vote, regardless of who they voted for. If anyone was found not voting, the person would be publicly marked and labeled an idiot, someone who thought their own personal needs trumped those of the society around them, and over time, the word "idiot" has evolved into today's usage.
- Isaac DeVille, Michgan State columnist

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
8. Wow, that's pretty straight forward
Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:45 AM
Oct 2013

I don't want to ban low information voters but damn I wish they would just educate themselves and not on political commercials.

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