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Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals.... and for good or bad Reddit decided not to deal wit

Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals.... and for good or bad Reddit decided not to deal with them.

fencepost 3y ago
Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals Uh, no. Turns out that there's a noticeable percentage of Americans who are white men for whom education is apparently not relevant, but they're far from a majority - they're just obnoxiously loud and in your face. And I'm not going to say that they're dumb, but it's undeniable that approximately half of people in the USA are of below-average intelligence.
- xtracto 3y ago
  Reminds me of a scary quote I read somewhere (I'll put it in terms of my country): Think of the average Mexican, the most average you can picture. Now think that half of the population is WORSE than that (in terms of education, culture and "dont give a shit about you") Its frankly scary to realize the situation of at least half of the world.
andsoitis 3y ago
> Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men In the US, the male to female ratio is roughly 97 to 100. This means that in most areas of the country, there are slightly more females than males. White men make up 31% of the US population. Just under 90% of Americans have a high school diploma or GED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_...
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  Hot take: A high school diploma is no longer enough to be considered "Educated" and should rather be considered a bare minimum to do the most basic things in life. A year of high school history about how the south actually were totally the good guys with slavery and it wasn't that bad has turned out to not be the wonderful enlightenment we should strive for.

Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals.... and for good or bad Reddit decided not to deal with them.

fencepost 3y ago

Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men that tend to right side political ideals Uh, no. Turns out that there's a noticeable percentage of Americans who are white men for whom education is apparently not relevant, but they're far from a majority - they're just obnoxiously loud and in your face. And I'm not going to say that they're dumb, but it's undeniable that approximately half of people in the USA are of below-average intelligence.

xtracto 3y ago
Reminds me of a scary quote I read somewhere (I'll put it in terms of my country): Think of the average Mexican, the most average you can picture. Now think that half of the population is WORSE than that (in terms of education, culture and "dont give a shit about you") Its frankly scary to realize the situation of at least half of the world.

andsoitis 3y ago

> Turns out a large majority of Americans are uneducated white men In the US, the male to female ratio is roughly 97 to 100. This means that in most areas of the country, there are slightly more females than males. White men make up 31% of the US population. Just under 90% of Americans have a high school diploma or GED: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_...

mrguyorama 3y ago
Hot take: A high school diploma is no longer enough to be considered "Educated" and should rather be considered a bare minimum to do the most basic things in life. A year of high school history about how the south actually were totally the good guys with slavery and it wasn't that bad has turned out to not be the wonderful enlightenment we should strive for.