(December 7, 2011 at 8:46 am)Xavier Wrote: This is the kind of thing why people say things like "Americans are all mental", "Americans live in their own dream world"
I'm ashamed to think about it but there is a substantial portion of our population that does live in an alternate reality. It's at least 1/3rd, possibly more. Radical right wing propaganda radio, Fox Spews and Fox-lite (aka CNN) have created a segment of the population that is so badly out of touch that even as a former conservative I don't understand them.
Quote:I'm not trying to make the UK sound superior but I don't think many British people are stupid enough to be taken in by the likes of Peter Popoff over here.
15 years ago, during the 90s, if you'd told me what was going to happen in the next decade, I'd have said you were crazy. Americans would never stand for it... or so I thought. Never underestimate the power of propaganda. It can happen anywhere.
England certain had its history of religious nuttery. Protestants and Catholics were killing each other over how to properly worship their imaginary friend. You got over that and hopefully we will too. Mostly, it's the older generation that's the problem, so I still have hope for the future.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
