Poll shows that Americans are dumb

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Originally Posted by GAsux

Does not being AS liberal as the majority of you make me an apologist? Funny how there is little middle ground here. It's either far left, or Vince and Ronnie (speaking of which, what the hell happened to him?).

Ronnie has been going through some personal matters, he unfortunately lost his first born baby during the pregnancy.

This isn't necessarily a "left" or "right" matter, and while I appreciate your ability to be critical on all levels, it seems that sometimes you need to give the benefit of the doubt.

You kind of failed to explain why this poll, conducted in a fashion similar to many others, lacked "depth."

But the heart of the issue is who's fault is it? Does the poll indicate that people are misinformed because the clever and manipulative government has coerced the nations media outlets into not reporting any damning evidence against it? Because that seems to be some kind of underlying sentiment. That the government is to blame for people's ignorance of world affairs.

And yet here are all of you, who are well informed and able to find resources on a daily basis to cast doubt on the administration. So clearly it's out there. So could it be that people just suck?

I think some opinions expressed in the article are trying to argue this, yes.

I however don't give the government that much credit. The Pentagon, as well as pretty much our entire Executive branch, were INCREDIBLY misleading throughout this entire war. The press ate this up and spit it out to the public.

Now, you can either blame the press for violating a sensitive moral duty to present information in a fair manner, OR, you can blame Joe citizen for being incompetent. I tend to choose the latter lately, mainly b/c of what you stated above.

The info. was out there, and while I can understand that most people rely simply on the network and cable news, I still don't feel that gives them a pass. EVEN the main network news sources have retorted that no weapons have been found, in fact, it has turned into their latest headlines. This, IMO, says something about the attention span of your average American.