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You Knew A Rant Was Coming!

Written by: womenslegacy
Published: November 6, 2014 -- Last Modified: November 6, 2014
30 Comments

Why are people so stupid?  Why do people support actions and people that work against there own interests?  They do you know.  It is a Horatio Alger thing.  Only smart  people will get that reference.
Well, I chalk it up (maybe I should say chuck it up) to evolution.  Yep.  Most people, even really educated ones, do not understand the concept of evolution. Survival of the fittest is a rather misleading shorthand phrase.  Fittest does not mean best.  Fit only means having reproduced oneself biologically.  If you live to pass on your traits you have been successful evolutionarily.  You are fit.  The fittest means leaving behind the most surviving offspring.
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Intelligence is not a fit trait.  At least not high intelligence.   The more educated someone is the fewer children that person is likely to have.  Presuming education equates at some level with intelligence,  having fewer children than everyone else is going to mean there are very few intelligent people in the population.
Culture is supposed to evade this fact of life by being the way we pass on information outside of the biological dictates of genetics.  Culture allows us pass on knowledge to individuals who share no family connections with us.
Basically, intelligence helps us all, but it doesn’t stop the ignorant from overpopulating the planet by at least one half.
And who am I calling stupid?  You really want me to make enemies don’t you?

  1. Well adherents of the extremist Quiverfull brand of  über-patriarchal fundamentalism for one.  Actually the males in this cult are exhibiting an often-practiced male animal behavior.  It is the social chador American ultra-conservative American Fundamentalism.
  2. Fox News watchers, secondly.  ’nuff said.
  3. Climate change deniers.
  4. Namby-Pamby Democrats who try to avoid any strong and or progressive stands.
  5. Republicans who know they are liars.

If we do not start using the knowledge  we have, then well, we deserve the massive multi-system collapse that awaits us within just a few years from economic, environmental, and climatic catastrophes.

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Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe is almost certainly the next chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.  He is an idiot.
There I ranted.  You can stop holding your breath now.
 
 

Categories: Blogging & Writing, Creekside Commentary, Politics and Government, Spirituality & ThoughtTags: evolution, ignorance, Intelligence, Politics, Punditry & Peace, Punditry & Peace, religion, stupidity

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  1. Lisa

    November 6, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    Yes and yes, specifically to your Nos. 2 and 5. Unfortunately my husband is a 2 and a 5 at times. Let me just say, we can’t talk politics in my house… if we hope to stay married.

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    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:30 pm

      Love is blind they say. I dated Republicans and Libertarians, but I married a Democrat, just like me. I know marriages where the difference is no problem. I admire it. I am not sure I could do it.

      Reply
  2. Angela Weight

    November 6, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    It boggles my mind how some of the stupidest people are also the most fertile.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:32 pm

      I know that some of the smartest people know how to prevent pregnancy and want to do so. They may be just as fertile, but act to thwart that fertility.

      Reply
  3. Carol Cassara

    November 6, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    I love a good rant and do it from time to time. I wish it actually changed something, but it only gives me a bit of catharsis so I can continue dealing with the bull shi….

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:32 pm

      You said it Carol!

      Reply
    • Amanda Rush

      November 10, 2014 at 4:44 pm

      Sometimes I think getting it off your chest is the best reason to rant, whether you do that online or off. And yes, it amazes me how many stupid people there are in this world, and a lot of the time, it has nothing to do with politics, although it can be a contributing factor. I wandered over here from the NaBloPoMo page. I’m glad you’re participating. Good luck throughout the rest of the month, and I hope you enjoy the challenge.

      Reply
      • Nancy Hill

        November 10, 2014 at 6:01 pm

        Sometimes we do just have to release it. Stupidity is endemic in all parts of society. When did we lose our critical reasoning skills?

        Reply
  4. Jamie

    November 6, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    I’d like to think I’m pretty moderate in my outlook. To me it seems like most media outlets are pushing agendas rather than facts. It takes a savvy person these days to find information that’s not slanted — one way or the other. I worry that true journalism is doomed and certainly understand being frustrated.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:33 pm

      I worry about this too, and that most people really just want to be spoon fed.

      Reply
  5. Lois Alter Mark

    November 6, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    Oh, I’m so with you, Nancy, and am ranting today too. We have turned into a stupid country and I’ve totally lost my sense of humor about it.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:34 pm

      Yes, Lois, I have no sense of humor when it comes to irresponsible politics and people.

      Reply
  6. Cathy Chester

    November 6, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    Thanks for your rant, a continuation of what I’ve been screaming about. Horatio Alger aside (got it) people are lazy, stupid and we’re being run by Koch Brother mentality. This was a debacle of massive proportion, Nancy.Nothing funny or feel-good about any of it.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      No not a thing funny about it. Apathy allows evil to proliferate. I cannot stay silent.

      Reply
  7. Elin Stebbins Waldal

    November 6, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    I have been ranting too, in my head and out loud. Pretty sad day…

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      Yeppers, a very sad day.

      Reply
  8. Carpool Goddess

    November 6, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    It must be close to full moon. I was on a rant this morning too!

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:38 pm

      The moon is in Taurus (like me) and it is a full moon.

      Reply
  9. Ruth Curran

    November 6, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    I don’t want to wake up or leave my bubble…. I have an Audible.com book to listen to in the car (even NPR infuriated me this morning), the TV will stay off, I am not reading any news (other than that written by my friends), and will keep it up for a few more days…. Just for a few more days….

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    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:40 pm

      I wish my willpower was as strong as yours. I should be avoiding media, but I am not. Steam is coming out of my ears.

      Reply
  10. Anne Louise Bannon

    November 6, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    I love a good rant. I even agree with you re intelligent people not breeding enough.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 7:41 pm

      I am very concerned about the overpopulation of the world. Rememember ZPG?

      Reply
  11. Kim Tackett

    November 6, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    I’m working on loving as many people as I can. Including the Republicans (and even those who watch Fox news). Otherwise, I would go nuts. I don’t understand them, and I guess they don’t understand me. So I am gonna lead with love.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 6, 2014 at 10:24 pm

      Kim you are a better woman than me.

      Reply
  12. WendysHat

    November 7, 2014 at 1:53 am

    Rant on but can’t we all just get along? I think that most media has hyped things up these days and people are confused by that. I agree with what Jamie up above said that people are pushing agendas and not facts and journalism has changed.

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    • Nancy Hill

      November 7, 2014 at 8:42 pm

      I understand wanting to have everyone get along, but after you have received death threats from “the other side” it changes things. The situation is so dire that trying to get along is costing whole species and ecosystems.

      Reply
  13. Donna Tagliaferri

    November 7, 2014 at 9:20 am

    I used to rant a lot….a lot…..and then I hurt someone I loved so deeply. I was trying to be funny, glib….but it was personal to them. It was just a difference of opinion but I chose to use their beliefs to pound them on the head and demean. Since then I have tried to enjoy passion without taking anything personal. Even if it is directed to me personally. I love that there are 2 parties, because one party or the other would take us off a cliff. I read op eds from folks I don’t agree with just so I know why they think the way they do. And I usually find great comfort in the fact they have good reasons for believing as they do. When I decided to really live my religion my life improved because I would be a hypocrite if I didn’t try to love everyone. Now I don’t really care what you believe in as long as you aren’t mean….I find common ground with almost everyone. Differences are wonderful…it is how I learn. But make no mistake, I love your passion!!

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    • Nancy Hill

      November 7, 2014 at 8:47 pm

      I used to rant all the time. I try to be more reasoned, but I am passionate, and very well informed. The thing that really scares me are people in both parties who sell out and ignore what they know for the all mighty dollar.

      Reply
  14. Donna Tagliaferri

    November 7, 2014 at 9:23 am

    yuk, my comment sounds so corney….sometimes when I write things it doesn’t sound like what it did in my head

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      November 7, 2014 at 8:48 pm

      Don’t worry about it.

      Reply

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