Our crack investigative at the Curmudgucation Institute had a chance to sit down with Pat DeMasquool, a member of the teaching staff at Harry Gray Middle School about the actual work there.
Do you actually think that a single listener to Trump's speech took that statement, that sex change operations were occurring in public schools, literally?
Well, they seem to think most the BS that he spouts is true, so why not that one? It seems that many Trump voters are not too much into critical thinking. I guess we can blame THAT on the schools.
First, I'd say a non-zero number can be counted on to do so. That's how we get guys shooting up a pizza shop or physically attacking the Pelosi's.
But even if they don't literally believe, my response is still likely to be some variation of "Words have meaning, and these particular words have a meaning that is absurd."
Do you actually think that a single listener to Trump's speech took that statement, that sex change operations were occurring in public schools, literally?
Well, they seem to think most the BS that he spouts is true, so why not that one? It seems that many Trump voters are not too much into critical thinking. I guess we can blame THAT on the schools.
They don’t actually think it’s true. These are just shibboleths.
Here’s a good summary: https://blog.ayjay.org/rortys-bastard-children/
First, I'd say a non-zero number can be counted on to do so. That's how we get guys shooting up a pizza shop or physically attacking the Pelosi's.
But even if they don't literally believe, my response is still likely to be some variation of "Words have meaning, and these particular words have a meaning that is absurd."
Brilliant!