Politics, extremists, and other stuff

[urbanrebel]

-   A German friend (Chris) will be here on business at the end of this month and we are going to spend the 27th hanging out..  I met him on the Spanish Steps in Rome probably 20 years ago.  He was about 19 at the time, traveling with a group of students from Germany, I was traveling alone, and they struck up a conversation.  We talked for quite a

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[charisstoma]

Where did our educational system breakdown so badly that it produced some of these people?

I don't know which way to vote, though Kasich seems rational at least. Not so hot on Hillary. Cruz and Trump really need to meet each other at dawn with pistols and they can't subcontract out the duelists.

[urbanrebel]

I know! A lot of these people militia people in the armed takeover of the Oregon refuge were Mormons with 8 to 10 (plus) kids and I think they were home-schooled. Not big on that concept. Besides the lack of human interaction with others their age, they are sheltered from the "real world" and only know what their parents teach them in terms of what the outside world is like

[charisstoma]

Kasich. I'm grasping at straws here.

[urbanrebel]

Another thing I've noticed about the "out there" group on the message board is that they make a lot of derogatory comments about higher education and believe universities brainwash our youth with extremist left-wing views. They truly seem scared of too much higher education, which leads me to believe they didn't make it past high school.

Most are higher income types due to this being a luxury brand auto board, but they are guys who seem to own their own businesses in types of businesses that don't necessitate much education. Nothing wrong with that. More power to them, but I don't understand why they are so scared of education.