Massachusetts has an average IQ of 104.3.

Let’s see how the southern states compare:

Mississippi – 94.2

Louisiana – 95.3

Alabama – 95.7

Arkansas – 97.5

Tennessee – 97.7

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You might not like it, but those states are more than free to vote out all the Republican dipshits who domainte their anti-education/anti-science ethos. Those states don’t want to properly fund education because it would allow folks to see through the bullshit GOP propaganda that is very much anti-working class. And while those states are free to tell religious homeschool parents and wacko “book banning” parents to fuck off, they don’t. Because they encourage that horseshit.

Meanwhile, in Mass we just passed a new wealth tax to put even more money into education.

So it’s not some misplaced lie or bad faith posturing when folks simply point out the massive educational and intelligence disparities between the states. It’s a very real thing.

It’s also why Mass has so many insanely expensive private high schools and colleges.

We are the education capital of the country. No state is even close for the concentration of educational opportunities we have.