Comments on: 26% Of Americans Are Idiots

By: BMC

BMC — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:16:37 +0000

What Obama policies is the poll referring to?

By: Ed Drone

Ed Drone — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:54:45 +0000

Actually, this group is what is known as “some of the people all of the time.”

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:43:02 +0000

Sean,
Good idea! I’m more than willing to clean my OWN telephone.

Reminds me of one of my mom’s apothegms:
“People are dumber than anybody else.”

Or, as it’s sometimes put, think about how bright the
‘average person’ is, and then remember than half of
everybody is dumber than THAT.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:10:56 +0000

There’s just some people out there whose attitude is, “Reality be damned. I’m gonna’ believe what I want to believe.”

By: Nikita

Nikita — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:48:32 +0000

Ahh…the crazification factor. One of the best blog posts ever. I revisit every so often.

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/01/repost-crazification-factor.html

By: Repack Rider

Repack Rider — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:09:20 +0000

Somebody has to keep the average IQ down at 100. Those 26% represent everybody under the 27th percentile, or half the people with below average intelligence. The dumber half.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:45:57 +0000

How do other countries fare in this respect? anotherbozo suggests it’s a result of the poor state of education in the US.

Do other countries which supposedly have better education than the US NOT have a 26% idiot amount?

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:43:36 +0000

Terry Travers: Offer whatever it takes to get the 26% to go North to Alaska Hmm. Liking that idea. Perhaps we can tell them the rest of the states will soon be under attack from a mutant star goat.

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:42:27 +0000

Fran…please…seek psychiatric help.

By: Hamilton J. Wainwright

Hamilton J. Wainwright — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:35:46 +0000

Remember that nearly 50% of Americans actually *voted* for Bush.
That’s what made America hated around the world, because people thought that Americans liked him.
Thank god Obama got in. Thank Mohammed, thank Buddha, thank whoever, just be goddam grateful, that is all.

By: Tyro

Tyro — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:30:27 +0000

Offer whatever it takes to get the 26% to go North to Alaska

I suspect that the breakdown of the electorate is like a fractal: each non-crazy portion of the electorate has its own crazy 27%.

By: anotherbozo

anotherbozo — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:25:31 +0000

A screaming argument for education reform in this country. Remember how many Americans believe in ghosts? That dinosaurs walked the earth with early man? Who can’t name the 3 branches of gov’t? Etc. etc. So this stat can’t be surprising.

We’re only as good as our educational system…

By: krwlos1

krwlos1 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:23:28 +0000

frankly, i was expecting a higher number. somewhat heartened by the fact it’s only 1 in 4…did you see the daily kos poll? http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/4/9/US/284 i think they all live in the south, which i’m allowed to say since i’m from there…although i had the good sense to go west.

By: Fran

Fran — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:14:44 +0000

I have tremendous respect for Sarah Palin.

By: Terry Travers

Terry Travers — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:11:06 +0000

Modest Proposal: Offer whatever it takes to get the 26% to go North to Alaska, where we can grant them and the present residents full sovereign immunity. I kind of liked the 49 star flag design, anyway.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:40:02 +0000

Is 26% the new 42?

By: Tyro

Tyro — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:30:32 +0000

Don’t forget that Alan Keyes got 27% of the vote against Barack Obama. That was the number that was first chosen as the “Crazification Factor”… what would be GW Bush’s floor of support.

If 26% of the country believes that Obama has made the country less safe, then it means that Obama is doing as well with the public as he can possibly do.

By: justadood

justadood — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:23:41 +0000

Depressing, isn’t it, Oliver?
I brought it up elsewhere… 1 in 4….what a depressing statistic.

1 of 4 Americans would willingly refuse to deal rationally with reality, even with it slapping their face