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In response to """If I choose to remain ignorant and uninformed and encourage people to follow me while I celebrate my lack of information," that's not responsible."" by David

I sometimes despair that Stupid is winning.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Aug 4 '10, 11:49

We're not immune to it here, either. It's come out to play on the census issue.

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I worry about the growth of "you're stupid" over "you're wrong because..." - Dr.Vermin Aug 4, 12:06 1
- And I don't even know if there's growth there. It's certainly not new. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 4, 12:08
I fear Idiocracy will in fact become reality. - JaxSean Aug 4, 11:57 3
- It's already close to reality. A shame it wasn't a better movie than it was in concept though. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 12:00 1
  - "Sean likes Idiocracy." - JaxSean Aug 4, 12:02
- I mean, look at the way Dano acts when Wipeout is on! -- nm - David Aug 4, 11:57
it's more loud + angry is winning, IMO. People are blindly following the loud or loud+angry. Although that's always been the case - Flavorize Aug 4, 11:52
Gail Simone has a sublime take on this in Killer Princesses. -- (link) - David Aug 4, 11:51
Stupid will always win, to some extent. A great level of intelligence is not necessary for the species to survive. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 11:51 2
- I know! One day spewing semen from a bottle on a woman might take! -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 4, 11:59
- Nor was it ever necessary for politicians to get voted into office. -- nm - con_carne Aug 4, 11:58

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