wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCould the dogwhistle blow any louder?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1835arrow-down111
arrow-up1824arrow-down1imageCould the dogwhistle blow any louder?lemmy.worldwazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·3 months agoYou can say the same thing about almost any group of people. But you shouldn’t.
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI’d rather quote MIB: “a person is smart, people are stupid, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.”
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoHere’s a related one: the IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters ~Terry Pratchett
minus-squareunemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agowhat! gladys! vernon is over here with his gibberish! can you tell him to tell her to tell that internet person to SPEAK LOUDER
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoBut you CAN say it about ALL people, and it rings true even there. Across all classes, ethnic groups, political ideologies, religions or lack thereof: A good chunk of humanity is just pants-on-head stupid. More than we want to admit.
You can say the same thing about almost any group of people. But you shouldn’t.
I’d rather quote MIB: “a person is smart, people are stupid, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.”
Here’s a related one:
~Terry Pratchett
what! gladys! vernon is over here with his gibberish! can you tell him to tell her to tell that internet person to SPEAK LOUDER
But you CAN say it about ALL people, and it rings true even there.
Across all classes, ethnic groups, political ideologies, religions or lack thereof: A good chunk of humanity is just pants-on-head stupid. More than we want to admit.