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The Glass is 46% Full of Stupid
27 Jun
Great news, kids! Only 46% of Americans are complete morons!
Since 1999, support for the idea of banning “books with dangerous ideas” from public school libraries has declined from 55% to 46% and has now fallen to the lowest level of support of the past 20 years…
Now, I know what you’re thinking. You, O college-educated, Blue State liberal Democrat, look at those numbers and assume that the book banners must be disproportionately comprised of backward, Bible-thumping rubes. Certainly, people like you couldn’t be so stupid. That 46% must be 90% Republican, right?
Two-thirds of liberal Democrats (67%) disagree that dangerous books should be banned – and 52% completely disagree. By comparison, most conservative and moderate Democrats (56%) agree with the banning of dangerous books (and a relatively large proportion – 37% – completely agrees). Republicans are somewhat less divided, although 52% of conservative Republicans favor a ban on such books compared with 40% of moderate and liberal Republicans.
Not a whole hell of a lot of difference between “We” and “They,” is there?
Friday is my last day at the school. I suppose I should get rid of our library’s copies of The Anarchist’s Cookbook and The Necronomicon before I leave, eh?
