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Old 04-14-2017, 01:34 AM
 
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Yes. All those with degrees in basket-weaving, gender studies, awareness studies, English poetry... they are so educated and smart!

That's why they're raking in the big bucks rather than slaving without benefits as adjunct professors... oh, uh... Nevermind.

Well, they're really really educated and smart, anyway!
There seems to be a lot of resentment toward those who have college degrees but I have never heard of a degree in basket-weaving, please share details.
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Old 04-14-2017, 01:45 AM
 
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Actually, I thought the sketch was pretty accurate.....and yes, the dems lose because there are far more dumb people than educated people. It's a major limit of democracy when people, no matter the level of education, get to vote. It's a mob rule situation as the uneducated are easily persuaded by catchy phrases and simple messages like the kind that trump is really good at giving.
As a Democratic, I find this highly offensive.
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Old 04-14-2017, 02:22 AM
 
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There seems to be a lot of resentment toward those who have college degrees but I have never heard of a degree in basket-weaving, please share details.


Top 10 Weirdest College Majors - College News
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Old 04-14-2017, 05:24 AM
 
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lol. This guy. Amazing stuff right here. Just for starters for some people it was more of a vote against Hillary than for Trump. Also many educated people wanted Sanders over Hillary and knew she would struggle to win. Tons of people in the suburbs voted for Trump. There isn't anywhere near enough rural people educated and uneducated combined to push a candidate through. Lastly a lot of the same people you're talking about voted for Obama twice and that's how we won.
The results of the 2016 US President election are months past in. No matter who had won, we would still have problems. Let's face it, there are no magical solutions or leaders either for that matter. There's no reason to believe a person who promises to solve all our problems once elected, that only encourages more of the same o lame o cognitive distortions. Is as if one is expecting to solve problems by using the same level of thinking that created many of the problems in the first place.
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Old 04-14-2017, 06:30 AM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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The results of the 2016 US President election are months past in. No matter who had won, we would still have problems. Let's face it, there are no magical solutions or leaders either for that matter. There's no reason to believe a person who promises to solve all our problems once elected, that only encourages more of the same o lame o cognitive distortions. Is as if one is expecting to solve problems by using the same level of thinking that created many of the problems in the first place.
WTF?

Chi, you turning anarchist on us? Next thing you know you'll be condemning violence of the State.

Go with these feelings. Join the dark side of the force.
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Old 04-14-2017, 07:23 AM
 
Location: Keller, TX
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Is there a link to the actual sketch that I'm missing? Can you post it?

The last time I saw SNL was probably during Clinton's first term.
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Old 04-14-2017, 07:39 AM
 
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If Trump has made a truce with the globalists, you can expect SNL to be put on a short leash and the "comedy" to stop. At the very least they'll show far less animosity and go for actual intellectual humor.
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Old 04-14-2017, 07:43 AM
 
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IMO,

The Deplorable comment cost Hillary the election.

If the Democrat party persists with this type of argument, they will crease to exist.
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Old 04-14-2017, 08:25 AM
 
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WTF?

Chi, you turning anarchist on us? Next thing you know you'll be condemning violence of the State.

Go with these feelings. Join the dark side of the force.
Although I have been called a pragmatic anarchist (along with a long list of other less favorable names ), the aim was neither to support nor defend anarchy.

The point is cognitive distortions are exaggerated or irrational thought patterns & these dysfunctional distortions are often self-perpetuating. 'All or nothing' distortions such as "it must be either solipsism or collectivism!" is an example.
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Old 04-14-2017, 08:57 AM
 
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SNL is not on air to 'change minds'. Their job is to make people laugh.


Period.
Wrong! SNL is on the air to make money. If the show did not make money NBC would pull it from the air.
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