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niyad

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2. There was a time, wayyyyyyy back in the last millenium, when I was

Reply to LoisB (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 12:39 PM

Sep 24

naively certain that it was simply a matter of educating people, exposing them to new information and ideas. And this, despite the fact that even in high school, I knew that the educational systems were being deliberately, intentionally, dumbed down. I figured there was enough easily accessible information out there to overcome our pathetic education systems.

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The Daily Bitch*: "The answer to the question, "Can people really be THAT [View all] niyad Sep 24 OP

I could not possibly agree more. LoisB Sep 24 #1

There was a time, wayyyyyyy back in the last millenium, when I was niyad Sep 24 #2

The information is out there but we have to be curious enough to seek it out. Too many LoisB Sep 24 #9

LOTS of words come to mind here some_of_us_are_sane Sep 24 #3

Seriously? We have been, and are, subjected to nothing but an endless stream of their niyad Sep 24 #4

I hear you, niyad some_of_us_are_sane Sep 24 #5

I do understand. That teeeeeeeeny sprig is still there, deep down. But niyad Sep 24 #7

Hear, hear! Agree 100%. LoisB Sep 24 #10

Anybody who thinks something is foolproof... Wounded Bear Sep 24 #6

Sadly true. niyad Sep 24 #8