Essay Title Contest
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 02/16/2025 - 10:46pmThis is a crazy exchange.
Does the media really think the holocaust was caused by free speech? https://t.co/EBUKx75Wfm
— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 16, 2025
stupidity
clever stupidity in american politics
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 9:49pmEvery once in awhile in my various diaries here at c99% you will see citations of the philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis, born 1922, died 1997. One of Castoriadis' most important ideas is that of pseudo-rational pseudo-mastery. This came up when Castoriadis was discussing the future, in a quote which I think dates back to the Eighties:
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 05/15/2022 - 6:46am
The Hypersonic Speed of Stupidity
It's the hyperbolic shifts fomenting insanity from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and the associated Russiagate narrative, to the Covid mindset with vaccination, lockdowns, and masking controversies, to the Ukraine coup, NATO provocation, and Russian invasion. Now lets add in a war with China just for fun and maximum disturbance. Everyone has whiplash from these knee jerk reactions to events. The propaganda machine is running overtime trying to control the narrative, and the people are left confused and misled. Meanwhile back at the ranch the economic sanctions on Russia have come home to roost, and though the west is winning the western PR propaganda war, they are losing the economic and military confrontation.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me thrice, I'm a Democrat
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Wed, 09/25/2019 - 11:53pmGreetings fellow swampers and those preferring to remain dry,
Yours truly has long espoused the belief™ Never underestimate human stupidity.
Trump and Democrats to Play Hardball with American Lives
Submitted by Big Al on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 12:38am
Our very own "Dear Leader", Trump, fresh off illegally firing Tomahawk missiles into Syria killing six children and the Mother of All Bombs into Afghanistan, is "thinking about" sticking it to American peasants to make the Democrats negotiate away our health care. These bastards.
Who says the Republicans aren't blind and dumb also?
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 8:30amAfter a year in which everyone is moaning Democrats unadulterated stupidity, intransigence and just plain greed, Republicans are showing that they can also be quite stupid. We already knew they could be heartless, but also incredibly stupid.
Open Thread 2-16-17: There's a Lot of Sheeple Out There
Submitted by Shahryar on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 6:00am
Sometimes when you look at something analytically you come up with apparent answers that you don't like. This is one of those times.
Brain rot, giggles, thin skin, tiny hands, blindness and stupidity
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 4:23amNo, I am not talking about "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" or am I? Some of you may have already picked up on the bipartisan nature of this rant. Of course "tiny hands" is a synonym for Emperor Trump. Thin-skin applies equally to Hillbots and Trump. Giggles and brain rot applies to Nancy Pelosi in particular. And, of course, stupidity has always been a bipartisan virtue. It must be a virtue because so many of our politicians shamelessly exhibit their own stupidity.
Barack: who is stupider, the American people or you?
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Tue, 12/27/2016 - 3:46amIn the race to the bottom of the most awful presidential election in U.S. history, one of the most potent reasons for losing the White House, as noted by Jazzenterprises, was Killary's loss in part due to running as Obama 2.0.
More, not less, uphill
Submitted by Fentress on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 6:00amAn ad for something I don't remember said of a spelling bee, in passing as the bee was going on in the background and the ad wasn't for literacy, "...like words you don't need to use anymore" of a four syllable word "ambrosia." That celebrates pig ignorance, encourages pride in stupidity. The ad was, I *think, for food Fast food. Non-GMO poison. Utterly non-nutritious (oh my, another 3-1/2 to 4 syllable word) crap that people use to fill their guts that they don't have to learn how to prepare for themselves. Crap that costs them more than twice what it would if they made it from scratch. Bad nutrition. A veritable (that's four syllables, folks) PAEAN - hymn of praise, not to a deity but to a word, "food". IOW, it's not only a "word you don't need to use anymore" but also ::gasp!:: heresy.
