stupid americans

DPrival78
DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
edited January 2007 in A Moving Train
some people find this funny. i find it extremely sad and very frightening.

watch all 4 parts

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VtXCs0Wqs9Q&mode=related&search=
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  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    The fact that the world chooses to base its opinion of america on a few people pulled off the street is what is sad and frightening.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    this is why patriotism should be earned, not expected.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    sponger wrote:
    The fact that the world chooses to base its opinion of america on a few people pulled off the street is what is sad and frightening.


    you live here. you know it's not just a few people. and it's not like any of these people are mentally impaired. it's just pure ignorance.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    you live here. you know it's not just a few people. and it's not like any of these people are mentally impaired. it's just pure ignorance.

    Ignorance and stupidity are mutually exclusive.
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    DPrival78 wrote:
    some people find this funny. i find it extremely sad and very frightening.

    really?


    someone interviews a few slack jaw locals and you find this to be representative of all americans?


    was anybody else here born with common sense?
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    jlew24asu wrote:
    really?


    someone interviews a few slack jaw locals and you find this to be representative of all americans?


    was anybody else here born with common sense?

    The thing about this is you could go to any country in the world and find the same thing.:confused:
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Let me tell a little story about something I experienced the other day.

    My boss is arab. He is not even american-born arab. He grew up in an arab country and moved here in recent to earn an advanced degree in finance. Now he's a financial analyst.

    Anywho, so the guy grew up in an arab country that I won't mention. He's got family in arab politics.

    He doesn't even know the difference between a shah and an ayatollah. I'm not even kidding. We were having a conversation about Iran and he did not know this.

    Hmmm...so I guess I am now to assume that everyone from his country doesn't know the difference either. Mind you, he is educated and has family in arab politics. lol....stupid non-americans.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    sponger wrote:
    Ignorance and stupidity are mutually exclusive.

    OK... I agree.


    I take "stupid americans" to mean unlearned, not in the other sense, which is lacking in mental power.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    OK... I agree.


    I take "stupid americans" to mean unlearned, not in the other sense, which is lacking in mental power.

    Thank you. I think a more appropriate title for this thread would have been "Uninformed and statistically insignificant Americans."
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    sponger wrote:
    Thank you. I think a more appropriate title for this thread would have been "Uninformed and statistically insignificant Americans."

    unless of coure they are voters, that would make them statisically significant. an uninformed voter is a very dangerous thing.
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    DPrival78 wrote:
    some people find this funny. i find it extremely sad and very frightening.

    watch all 4 parts

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VtXCs0Wqs9Q&mode=related&search=


    You do realize that show is going for laughs, right?

    You don't even know what questions they were asking those people.

    Sounded to me that the questions were clearly overdubbed.

    Either way, I find it hilarious you take that show and their skit so serious.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    MrBrian wrote:
    unless of coure they are voters, that would make them statisically significant. an uninformed voter is a very dangerous thing.

    Maybe....but they'd also have to be in their 40's.

    http://www.centerformediaresearch.com/cfmr_brief.cfm?fnl=040802
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    sponger wrote:
    Maybe....but they'd also have to be in their 40's.

    http://www.centerformediaresearch.com/cfmr_brief.cfm?fnl=040802

    ah yes, good point.
  • sonicreducer
    sonicreducer Posts: 713
    MrBrian wrote:
    unless of coure they are voters, that would make them statisically significant. an uninformed voter is a very dangerous thing.


    i bet that number is really high too.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    cutback wrote:
    The thing about this is you could go to any country in the world and find the same thing.:confused:

    Yup. It would not be difficult to make this video in any country. This video wasn't very surprising. Leno does this stuff every week.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    you live here. you know it's not just a few people. and it's not like any of these people are mentally impaired. it's just pure ignorance.

    you cannot say whether or not these people are mentally impaired...the fact is that the citizens of this country elected george w. bush to the presidency...not once, but twice. you can say it was stolen or whatever...but, it shouldn't have been close enough for it to be stolen. so, i surmise that you are correct and it's not just a few people...the majority of america is stupid...i will go as far as saying that 98% of the world population is stupid and/or ignorant.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    MrBrian wrote:
    unless of coure they are voters, that would make them statisically significant. an uninformed voter is a very dangerous thing.
    I don't know if they're statistically significant but I completely agree about their danger. Which is why I'd love to see a literacy test be a requirement for voting, and why I hate to see "get out the vote" campaigns. People who are aware of issues and informed already know how register and when/where to vote. Why encourage everyone else?
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    jeffbr wrote:
    I don't know if they're statistically significant but I completely agree about their danger. Which is why I'd love to see a literacy test be a requirement for voting, and why I hate to see "get out the vote" campaigns. People who are aware of issues and informed already know how register and when/where to vote. Why encourage everyone else?

    yes and remember "Vote Or Die"? That was just crazy.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    It's only frightening if a non-American watching that is dumb enough to think that is representative of Americans.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Biggest problem with the world and biggest problem with this thread..


    STOP FUCKING STEREOTYPING!!!!

    One of those they interviewed could barely even speak English.. and isn't the "axis of evil" durived from a real dumb ass named GW? As far as I'm concerned the axis of evil is in my ass.

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