I think where the problems start in political discussions

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Feb 21, 2018, 5:58 PM

is when someone starts assigning idiot status to the other side. My opinion is there are far less idiots out there than most people assume. I prefer to think of what most people call idiots as ignorant. There is a huge difference. Ignorance is simply a lack of education, not a lack of intellect. Ignorant people, as I see them, come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. You can be smart, and even freaking brilliant, and still be ignorant. We are all a sum of our experiences, and we have nothing to judge ourselves by other than what we see and have been exposed to and learned. That is why an education needs to be something that broadens your horizons. Honestly, I wish more people traveled the world. Go to Europe. Go to Russia. Go to India. Go to Japan and China. Go to Australia. Go to Morocco or Jordan or Turkey. Go to Tanzania or Liberia.

Collectively, America's ignorance is that we lack exposure to allow ourselves to feel grateful for what we have. Not in every country, but in most countries on this planet, if you spend a month there and came back to America you would be so amazed at what we have and enjoy you could not imagine how bickering about Russian probes is even possible.

This chart shows what I am talking about:

We take the most domestic trips of any country on Earth. But we are among the least to travel internationally. That closes Americans to a lot of the rest of the world. And most Americans lack the perspective of viewing our own national favorably because we have no personal experience on which to draw from other countries.

Anyway, that's all.

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In Europe, going to another country is like going to another country. The clothes are different. Language is different. Laws are different. People are different. Food is different. Wealth is different. Take the two most similar countries in Europe and traveling between them would be far more different than traveling to the most opposite states in the US.

I once traveled from Gibraltar to Morocco, which is a ferry ride across about 10 miles of water. We went from Spanish, to English, to Arabic in 2 hours. Also went from nude beaches, to no beaches, to women have to be completely covered...in 2 hours. Another thing Americans don't understand is the impact of Islam on Muslim nations and people. It is absolute and total. It is unlike anything we see in the US with Christianity. Imagine if all of the United States was Amish. That would get us close, but still not to the level of impact Islam has in Muslim nations. The impact of Islam on people's everyday life is 1,000 times greater than here in the US. The most devout Christians I know are not nearly as impacted by their religion as an average Muslim is.

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A lot of the discussion here is pretty good

what you just said

Like this?

well, lately that would be one year of high school***

I think where the problems start in political discussions

To be fair, for most in America any sort of

Thanks for proving my point.

You’re both right.

Yeah, it's easy to go from krautland to Austria to

Austria and Germany are very similar.

Re: Thanks for proving my point.

Much truth to this...I’ve been lucky to have traveled

You're confusing material wealth with happiness.

The US is the most anxious country in the world.

And for the same reason Hollywood stars are always

Wait a goshdarn minute now.

Better be voluptuous nekkid women running around

I've lived my whole life by that mantra.

Re: I think where the problems start in political discussions

Also, 90% of some the posts are trolling

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