In a shift from a mere couple of years ago, when a majority of Republican-Americans thought that higher education was a good thing, the majority of them now believe the opposite.
A Pew Research Center survey published Monday revealed voters have grown apart in their support of secondary education since the 2016 presidential election season, when a majority of Democratic and Republican Americans agreed the nation’s universities serve as a benefit for the U.S. Whereas 54 percent of Republicans said "colleges and universities had a positive impact on the way things were going in the country" in 2015, the majority now believe the opposite, with 58 percent saying such institutions negatively impact the state of the union.
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(Score: 1, Troll) by VLM on Tuesday July 11 2017, @12:26PM (1 child)
Its more about holiness signalling than intelligence. Rational thought never enters the picture. Calling a group low intelligence is just an insult, its not the point. If calling them the N-word were an acceptable insult, they'd call em that.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 11 2017, @02:16PM
"If calling them the N-word were an acceptable insult, they'd call em that."
New Yorkers? FFS, man, if you mean to call someone a New Yorker, just come out and say it. Stop beating around the bush. And, yes, those damned New Yorkers have been getting uppity, ever since 9/11/01. I agree, it's time to put them in their place!
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