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7. A Mighty Thumbs Up to That.

Reply to Duppers (Original post)

Sun Sep 29, 2019, 12:18 PM

Sep 2019

I had a French teacher who pointed out the irony of the Soviet Union wanting to advance in technology. In order to do so, you have to educate your people. "And when you teach a man to think. . ."

She left her point there, and continued on teaching French adjectives or whatever. I barely remember any French, but that insight remained with me.

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Liberal propaganda...😁 [View all] Duppers Sep 2019 OP

Reality does have a confirmed liberal bias... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #1

Yep. Duppers Sep 2019 #2

Cons love only some fiction. Probably not stuff like "Handmaids Tale" or 1984 or Brave New World erronis Sep 2019 #12

Actually that's backwards. Liberals have a reality bias. nt hvn_nbr_2 Sep 2019 #18

Well, you know. We go both ways.. Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #20

Please also add BlueMTexpat Sep 2019 #3

And meteorology, philosophy, Leith Sep 2019 #8

Good for you! BlueMTexpat Sep 2019 #17

DEFinitely history! Bayard Sep 2019 #4

And they refute all science out the wazoo. Duppers Sep 2019 #13

This is what makes you elite in their minds, education. ffr Sep 2019 #5

Damn! My library is surely a liberal dream! lastlib Sep 2019 #22

That about sums it up, doesn't it? n/t. NNadir Sep 2019 #6

A Mighty Thumbs Up to That. Collimator Sep 2019 #7

Great point. Even religions found themselves in trouble when the acolytes started to think. erronis Sep 2019 #11

Absolutely! 👍👍 "And when you teach a man to think. . ." Duppers Sep 2019 #14

That's how liberals get children indoctrinated right from school IronLionZion Sep 2019 #9

Woo Hoo! Thyla Sep 2019 #10

Trump loves the 'poorly educated' -- Duppers Sep 2019 #15

ALL repugs do; they've worked on attaining this goal for many years, elleng Sep 2019 #16

Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2019 #19

He does indeed sound like a jerk Duppers Sep 2019 #21