[Magdalen] Trump, education and children

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The classic mistake is assuming someone you dislike acutely is a dummy.
Underestimating someone is essentially the same as being overconfident, and
that's how people get killed. Just sayin'

I suggest we not be overconfident, because the presidency is at stake. But
then, what do I know?



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 2:12 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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