Supreme Ignoramuses

“[T]here is plenty of dumb to go around. A 2006 Zogby poll found that more Americans can identify the Three Stooges than the three branches of government. Another poll that same year found that 77 percent of Americans could name two of Snow White’s dwarves, but only 24 percent could name two Supreme Court justices.” 

—Sophia A. McClennen, professor of international affairs, Penn State, “Trolls and Hackers Find It Easy to Trick Americans Because We Are a Nation of Ignoramuses,” AlterNet, March 3, 2018.

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