[Magdalen] Trump, education and children

[Christopher Hart]

Maybe not, but that degree doesn't prove that he knows squat about
government or foreign policy.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 2:06 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> He has a graduate degree in business. A dummy he ain't.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My question: Is he in fact "uneducated" himself and literally unaware of
> > either facts or ethical issues or even political sensitivities;  or is he
> > making a cynical and deliberate appeal to the millions of citizens who
> do,
> > genuinely, appear to be uneducated and ignorant and frandly malevolent?
> >
> > Education was a key "old liberal" value, then the money people came in
> and
> > over my lifetime I've seen it become more and more vocationally driven.
> At
> > the same time the social status of teachers has been massively degraded
> > (along with their real salaries and benefits), and educational systems
> have
> > been required to do more with less. Higher education has not become more
> > accessible, in fact it seems that it's been rolled back in every way
> > intellectually and financially.
> >
> > The USA may be a particularly egregious example, but it seems to me that
> > every industrial country now has an enormous, angry, ill
> > educated rent-a-mob; uncomfortably reminiscent of the former
> > Austro-Hungarian empire in the years between the world wars, or France
> > before the Revolution. Except that this bigoted, hateful and ignorant Vox
> > Populi is more easily expressed and extended via social media.
> >
> > I've read that children in America are being deeply affected by Trump's
> > shenanigans (and maybe the other republican candidates as well to the
> > extent that they espouse bigoted or cruel opinions);  and it's
> interesting
> > to me to watch my own childrens' reactions to him - as they like kids all
> > over the world spend a lot of time online and the online world is
> dominated
> > by the USA, so to them Trump is a very real and horrifying figure.
> >
> > Our youth minister was recently on a tour with a group of Evangelical,
> but
> > indisputably well educated Americans; some of whom, to her amazement,
> were
> > supporting Trump. So it'ss not as though all of his supporters are
> > uneducated, either theologically or in any other way.
> >
> > As for me, I don't know if I do believe in education as a foundation for
> > social progress any more. Maybe too many people are just not capable of
> > benefiting from it...and those countries that have continued to invest in
> > education and have achieved a higher standard, had much less economic
> > inequality to start with.
> >
> > Maybe we need to see a child-led campaign against Trump - let the
> children
> > speak and give us all the benefit of their honest, clear vision. Though I
> > am heartened by recent reports that his ratings overall have slipped far
> > behind both the Democratic candidates.
> >
> > Sally D
> >
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, 02 April 2016, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > A political analyst a few minutes ago on Chris Hayes' show on MSNBC
> said
> > > something to the effect of, "I've followed presidential politics for
> five
> > > decades, and all during that time there has never, EVER, been a
> candidate
> > > -- and that includes Pat Paulsen's candidacy -- so positively
> uneducated
> > in
> > > regard to domestic and foreign policy as Donald Trump."
> > >
> >
>



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