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Miles Archer

(23,474 posts)
6. I know.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 06:58 PM
Sunday

And if I see a brightly colored wig, white makeup, big red lips, giant floppy shoes and a plastic flower that shoots water, I'm gonna say "clown."

I've said this on many occasions. I don't envy any teacher in a classroom, a few generations down the stream, attempting to explain this to their students.

A lot of kids develop critical thinking skills at a relatively early age. But PART OF applying critical thinking to ANY subject is some measure of logic.

"The suspect had a gas can, matches, and was spotted at the scene of the fire." That leads one to believe the arsonist has been identified.

But you take Trump. 3 marriages, six bankruptcies, fake charity shut down by the government, fake university shut down by the government...

...how are these kids gonna connect the dots and have it make sense that a guy who sold steaks on the Internet became the reincarnation of Hitler?

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