 |
| Register | Login | |||||
 |
Main
| Memberlist
| Active users
| ACS
| Commons
| Calendar
| Online users Ranks | FAQ | Color Chart | Photo album | IRC Chat |
|
| | ||
|
| Register | Login | |||||
|
Main
| Memberlist
| Active users
| ACS
| Commons
| Calendar
| Online users Ranks | FAQ | Color Chart | Photo album | IRC Chat |
|
| | ||
| 0 user currently in World Affairs / Debate. |
| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - World Affairs / Debate - MTSU Survery Confirms: Bush Supporters Illiterate |
 |  |  |
| Add to favorites | "RSS" Feed | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| User | Post | ||
Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43  Posts: 266/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
| ||
| MTSU Survery and Analysis. http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf I was linked to this a few days ago from electoral-vote.com, and was reminded of it again today when the owner of the site mentioned the Washington Post picking up the story. "In recent months the American public has been presented reports by the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the heads of the Iraq survey group David Kay and Charles Duelfer (chosen by the president), concluding that before the war Iraq had neither weapons of mass destruction nor even a significant program for developing them. Nontheless, 72% of Bush supporters continued to hold the view that Iraq had actual WMD..." you know, for the longest time i could never figure it out. But now i finally understand why Bush supporters still follow their man. I mean honestly, how can someone completely disregard the Official Bi-Partisan report conducted by the president's own handpicked man? Can people seriously be that disillusioned?? Then, sipping my morning coffee and finding this link, the pieces all fit so perfectly well together: Bush supporters simply can't read. They can't research issues for themselves and they actually believe and cling blindly to political rhetoric in place of facts. (this post is for humor only, i meant to convey that with the "i approved this message" blurb, but i realize that wasn't very clear at all) Hi, I'm Gavin and i approved this message. (edited by Gavin on 10-25-04 07:51 PM) (edited by Gavin on 10-25-04 07:54 PM) |
|||
hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38  Posts: 404/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
| ||
| It must be nice to live in a world where you can just label anyone who disagrees with you as illiterate. The problem with these kinds of studies is that it's the outcome is obviously biased by the question. This isn't a general-knowledge question like, "Who is the Speaker of the House?", it's a question which obviously would be influenced by one's political orientation in addition to one's general knowledge. If you really want to paint Bush supporters (in general) as ignorant, find a general knowledge study that says as much. Don't draw such conclusions from this study, though. All it shows is a well-known psychological information bias. |
|||
|
Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43 Posts: 267/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by hhallahh it was more a joke than anything. i was only intending to report the study in a more humurous fashion than just posting a link. |
|||
|
hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38 Posts: 406/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
| ||
| Well.. okay. Just a general thing, then, because I've heard dozens of times people citing these kinds of studies as showing some kind of amazing ignorance among Republicans. Granted, there's probably some amazing ignorance.. but one could probably make an equally-biased survey that would shame Democrats as well. "Was Saddam Hussein connected to any terrorists?" That kind of thing. | |||
|
Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 2312/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
| ||
| "OMG! They are Republican! Therefore, it must mean they can't read!" Seriously, this is a bunch of bullshit. If 96%+ of the nation is literate, and 43%+ of the voters in the nation are supporting Bush, how is it possible that they all can't read? Also, many rich people are Republican. Rich people usually have superior education to poor and middle class people. Rich people therefore can read most of the time. You know, I'm sure there are some Kerry supporters that can't read, either. However, both them and Bushies who can't read all fall into a ridiculously negligible group. Therefore, you can't hold the disabilities of a small few against an entire population, in this case, of Bush supporters. |
|||
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 1549/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
| Personally, I found it a funny anecdote relating to how many Bush supporters still believe the Iraqi Crusades are justified by those WMDs that don't exist. In politics this is what we call creative bias, like what Jon Stewart does. |
|||
|
hhallahh Bob-Omb Level: 38 Posts: 408/607 EXP: 365476 For next: 4971 Since: 03-15-04 From: Portland, OR Since last post: 73 days Last activity: 60 days |
| ||
Originally posted by Ziffski Confirmation bias. /nitpick, unless you're really talking about something else |
|||
|
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 1550/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by hhallahhOriginally posted by Ziffski Creative (inplace of confirmation) bias is something that got thrown around the campaign office alot when our candidate's past was used in stastics that didn't really make a whole lot of sense, but were humorous...We used it inplace of a whole arseload of statistical terms. It saves time, and confusion. Plus, I like to use it because it denotes a more comical term than such esoteric jargon that most politicians tend to use. Albeit said jargon is essential in confusing your opponent, the average citizen doesn't want to hear constitutional debates wherein all of the laws and regulations in Canadian parliament and legislation are taken into account...aka, every four minutes there is a sub-amendment voted for in order to ratify this or that. |
|||
|
Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43 Posts: 269/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by Kefka hey Kefka, read much?  :Originally posted by Gavin, thanks for reading all the posts in this thread |
|||
|
Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 2314/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by Gavin What's odd is, I actually found that line funny. |
|||
|
Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43 Posts: 274/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by Kefka and it's funny for me because you just took 3 minutes of your time arguing that yes, there are literate Bush supporters, and some illiterate Kerry supporters. And because i just don't fucking care. Now go away In other more fun political news, I was watching Govenor Mike Huckabee on CNN with Wolf Blitzer. When asked about Kerry Campaign officials' chances in Arkansas, (R) Huckabee replied they, "Would have a harder time selling Kerry than Ashlee Simpson would have selling a live album these days." I'm certainly for Kerry and all, but damn, I like this guy. Poking fun at Ashlee Simpson's SNL lipsyncing debacle, weaving current american entertainment news into political analogies. Get this guy a desk and a microphone, he needs his own show. |
|||
drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56  Posts: 727/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by GavinOriginally posted by Kefka You mean like Alan Keyes? Although that's more Michael Savage-style train/car/place crash (all in the same spot, mind ye) entertainment. |
| Add to favorites | "RSS" Feed | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - World Affairs / Debate - MTSU Survery Confirms: Bush Supporters Illiterate |
| | |
