Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ?????I Have A Degree????? but just no education!!!

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Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I Have A Degree” but just no education!!!

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It only becomes ever more obvious that by far the most outstanding characteristic of today's most prominent hard core Republican conservatives is their lack of and utter disdain for education and scientific reality. They are very much like flat-earthers and young earth creationists in that respect, which a significant proportion of them probably are.
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Gunnar wrote:It only becomes ever more obvious that by far the most outstanding characteristic of today's most prominent hard core Republican conservatives is their lack of and utter disdain for education and scientific reality. They are very much like flat-earthers and young earth creationists in that respect, which a significant proportion of them probably are.

I actually think their most outstanding characteristic is hypocrisy. Second is stupidity and third is reveling in asshole behavior.

Antipathy toward science and education is only a byproduct of those primary features.
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Perfume on my Mind wrote:I actually think their most outstanding characteristic is hypocrisy. Second is stupidity and third is reveling in asshole behavior.

Antipathy toward science and education is only a byproduct of those primary features.

Well thought out response, POMM. You made me rethink what I said. I will amend my view to agree that antipathy toward science and education is a byproduct of those primary characteristics rather than a primary characteristic itself, probably one of the most, if not the most, evident and dangerous consequences of those characteristics.
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Kevin Graham wrote:This is why they fear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

https://Twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/ ... 1566371840

That was awesome. No wonder they don't like her. She speaks openly and clearly and calls out their BS.
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Perfume on my Mind wrote:
Kevin Graham wrote:This is why they fear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

https://Twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/ ... 1566371840

That was awesome. No wonder they don't like her. She speaks openly and clearly and calls out their BS.

Why Does the Left Fear Sarah Palin?
How funny that you guys sound like Bill O'Reilly circa 2009.

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Thank goodness we know what a laughable comparison that is now don't we. Sarah Palin was one of the most embarrassingly stupid politicians in history. Funny how those types always choose to run as Republicans.
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subgenius wrote: ...Sarah Palin ...

Wow. Still butthurt over Palin, a decade later.

But, yes - Palin was amusing, wasn’t she? Not even Fox News could keep her propped up for too long given her crazy cat lady antics.
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Such fun times those were ...

"All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years." - Sarah Palin, unable to name a single newspaper or magazine she reads, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008
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How did Sarah Palin ever manage to win election to Governor of Alaska?
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Gunnar wrote:How did Sarah Palin ever manage to win election to Governor of Alaska?

No matter; she ended up quitting before the end of her term anyway.
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