So fucking true. It's also true that most crazies and fools would back down if the wise just held their ground against them and proved them wrong with facts but instead their afraid of them or of offending them so they slunk about quietly saying nothing letting them spread their insanity to others.
The wise are easily defeated by the howling of the idiot masses. No amount of wisdom or logic can overcome absolute fanatical ignorance. We live in a time of bread and circuses.
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if the wise just held their ground against them and proved them wrong with facts but instead their afraid of them or of offending them so they slunk about quietly saying nothing letting them spread their insanity to others.
It's funny, innit? I mean you don't want to waste your time "debating" someone who has clearly shown no inclination or capacity to learn, or be intellectually honest, or meet you half-way. There's also the severe anti-intellectual sentiment, showing people that they are wrong, and why, is an asshole move in pop culture. In fact think of this, confronting someone who is in a cult that is based on superstitious nonsense would be seen as a righteous intervention, but change religion with cult (which in some cases boils down to just number of adherents), and then it's suddenly offensive and morally wrong.
But on the other hand, if reasonable people would just get their shit together and were a louder voice in society we would not be in most of the messes we are in right now.
This is also a problem, the wise assume the idiot will never get anywhere with their thinking, so no one speaks up, except for the idiot who keeps shouting, and then law makers agree with them because no one is speaking against them and they want them off their backs.
[–] ryry117 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago
So fucking true. It's also true that most crazies and fools would back down if the wise just held their ground against them and proved them wrong with facts but instead their afraid of them or of offending them so they slunk about quietly saying nothing letting them spread their insanity to others.
[–] Ooga_Booga 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
The wise are easily defeated by the howling of the idiot masses. No amount of wisdom or logic can overcome absolute fanatical ignorance. We live in a time of bread and circuses.
[–] ryry117 ago
I believe that to not be true, we have the majority, the silent majority, and to win that must change.
[–] Climhazzard 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
"Don't argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."
[–] CobraStallone 2 points 5 points 7 points (+7|-2) ago (edited ago)
It's funny, innit? I mean you don't want to waste your time "debating" someone who has clearly shown no inclination or capacity to learn, or be intellectually honest, or meet you half-way. There's also the severe anti-intellectual sentiment, showing people that they are wrong, and why, is an asshole move in pop culture. In fact think of this, confronting someone who is in a cult that is based on superstitious nonsense would be seen as a righteous intervention, but change religion with cult (which in some cases boils down to just number of adherents), and then it's suddenly offensive and morally wrong.
But on the other hand, if reasonable people would just get their shit together and were a louder voice in society we would not be in most of the messes we are in right now.
[–] Spark_Plugg 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
I think they're just smart enough not to wade through the shit
[–] ryry117 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is also a problem, the wise assume the idiot will never get anywhere with their thinking, so no one speaks up, except for the idiot who keeps shouting, and then law makers agree with them because no one is speaking against them and they want them off their backs.