Every so often, some pompous gasbag emerges to play the ‘me got big brain’ card against conservatives. This round is from a former columnist and author, Bruce Bartlett.
They usually never quite get around to clearly stating their point when they play this little game of cognitive calculus, but it’s always quite clear: ‘We think we’re smarter than you, so we should get to rule over your lives.’
Yeah, sorry Bruce. We’ll see if we can rev up our neanderthal wits long enough to muster a reply: ‘Tweety man shove opinion where big shiny circle in sky no shine.’
Let’s break down Big-Brained Bruce Bartlett’s condescending claims.
The most important truth in American politics that no one ever talks about–half the population has an IQ below the median and the GOP represents them. Over the past generation, the parties have sorted themselves according to intelligence as well as other ways.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 29, 2023
First, ‘half the population has an IQ below the median’.
We’re off to a stellar start, Bruce. Perhaps next you can explain that circles are circular.
We think the next math term Bruce might want to familiarize himself with is ratio.
Right out of the gate, Mr. Bartlett is already provably wrong, albeit on a technicality, but we expect more from an intellectual icon who’s calling us dumb.
Bruce has asserted that the GOP represents the half of the population on the lower end of the IQ scale. The very existence of Hank Johnson capsizes his claim.
People need to understand that when Republicans leaders talk like idiots, it's not necessarily because they have a low IQ. It's because they must talk down to their followers, who are barely able to grasp 3rd grade concepts.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 29, 2023
We’d like to understand, Mr. Bruce, but we all just ain’t got them thar smarts enough to be figurin’ out what you’re on about.
‘Barely able to grasp 3rd grade concepts’. It’s safe to say we’ve graduated from condescension to outright bigotry.
You know who’s not likely to grow your food, fix your plumbing, work on an oil rig, own a business, fly your plane, or perform your next surgery: 3rd graders, Bruce Bartlett, or Democrats.
This is why Republican leaders are keen to destroy the public schools with vouchers and charter schools, and are slashing the budgets of state universities, abolishing tenure, and restricting what can be taught. They know that the spread of ignorance increases their electorate.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 29, 2023
We love this next leap by the egotistical Einstein.
That’s right, there’s a giant conspiracy by the GOP to destroy the marvels of a public education system that has us getting trounced by other countries in math and science.
Again, Bartlett’s claim collapses under scrutiny. Most studies have shown, time and time again, that private school students have better outcomes than public school students in terms of test scores, graduation rates, and continuing on to higher education. Even the studies most favorable to public schools claim there is no difference.
That’s quite a plan you’ve got there, GOP. Try to redirect as many kids to private, charter, and home schools as possible to make them smarter than public school kids … so they’ll vote Democrat because smart people vote Democrat and stuff.
Of all the reprehensible things they do, this may be the worst.
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 29, 2023
We dropped about 3 of our scant IQ points just reading this reprehensible thread.
I seriously doubt your claims about IQs by party, especially having seen this low-IQ thread of yours.
— Don’t Be Ignorant (@dontbei) May 29, 2023
BOOM.
Bruce didn’t give us a source for some reason. We would think the intellectually superior might provide sources.
Where is the research that proves this incredibly bigoted opinion you hold?
— JettyQueen (@LindaVanZandt1) May 30, 2023
Good question.
Oh, this other guy who agrees with Bartlett has a 2010 source:
— Bradley C Barth ✍️ (@BarthBradley) May 29, 2023
‘Liberals think they’re more intelligent than conservatives because they are.’
Academic version of this article. https://t.co/6VrWVaZNgH
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 29, 2023
Bruce replied with the ‘academic version’ of the article. It seems this may be his source. This one leads with ‘Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent’.
The study and the article in Psychology Today were authored by Satoshi Kanazawa. Psychology Today fired him a year later after he published an article titled ‘Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?’
Self own citing Kanazawa lol. https://t.co/VNyJq6F3mc
— ࿗ || Trasadasyuḥ Gairikṣita || ࿘ (@Devavrata4) May 29, 2023
He seems real smart, Bruce. Nice work.
Hey Bruce, can men be woman or vice versa?
— DrTahoeMD (@DrTahoeMD) May 29, 2023
We have a hunch Bruce has a hard time grasping this 3rd grade concept.
John Fetterman is the smartest person ever in the senate!!!
— Andrew T (@Andy_buffalo66) May 29, 2023
‘Hi! Goodnight everybody!’
Give me a single Democratic policy that isn’t sub-Neanderthal in its logic.
— Phil (@RealPhillyP) May 30, 2023
Ouch.
Serious question. How do you define median?
— Grant Montgomery 2.0 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇯🇵 (@monsgomeric) May 30, 2023
LOL. We don’t think that was a serious question.
Meanwhile Joe Biden gets lost on every stage he steps foot on pic.twitter.com/f1CXWFVUKY
— Mary (@C0ntraryMary) May 29, 2023
Bwahaha!
The GOP isn't the side arguing men can give birth.
Nice try.
— Dr. Sleve McDichael (veruhfied in 2016) (@SeahawkBurrrton) May 29, 2023
Apparently you have to be Mensa material to grasp that men are actually women, based on feelings.
You couldn't change a flat tire.
— The Real Wapiti Jack (@WapitiJack) May 30, 2023
Bruce would call a tow truck driver and try to communicate with him through hand gestures, grunts, and stick drawings in the mud.
This is bigotry, pure and simple. https://t.co/qwZMpFj62b
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 30, 2023
Yep.
“Half the population has an IQ below the median”
Wow. 🤯 Big, if true. https://t.co/95oo262LeP
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) May 30, 2023
We’re still laughing about this. LOL.
He will have to ask his grandchildren:
“What is a ratio on twitter?” https://t.co/KbrIBxQO2I
— StopMaskingKids (@StopMaskingKids) May 30, 2023
HAHA! The 3rd graders will know.
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