Gullibility or Stupidity?

August 7, 2009 at 2:34 am | Posted in Beliefs, Bush, god, News, Obama, rants, stupidity | 2 Comments
Tags: gullibility, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson is alive

When I heard that Michael Jackson had died I wondered how long before we would hear about Michael Jackson sightings, much like Elvis, Princess Di, etc.  Within a day or so I found this post on the front page of WordPress.  By the time I read the post it had quite a few stupid comments.  I subscribed to the post and commented a couple of times.  I suspect many of the posters are very young, even so, the stupidity is astounding.

You only need read a handful of the comments to understand why people believe:

• in god
• creationism or intelligent design
• President Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya who hates white people and his entire economic policy and health care reform are about reparations
• Obama’s failure would be good for America

I don’t think a day goes by when I don’t hear a sound byte from a Republican politician or some right wing pundit that makes me think being lobotomized is a requirement for party membership.  Ever since the eight year nightmare that was the Bush administration it is as though, for a certain segment of society, it has become in vogue to be an idiot.  If you’re too stupid to dress yourself in the morning, much less be a productive member of society go into politics (republican…goes without saying).  The heights to which you will rise will be directly proportionate to how low you measure on the IQ scale.