HLMenckenFan to [email protected]English • 7 months agoDonald Trump says he never swore oath "to support the Constitution"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@zzzzzlink15•7 months agoOr dumb. Or not paying attention. Or some combination of the above.
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkfedilink2•7 months agoSeriously, is there a difference? If someone drives a car into a wall, are they less stupid if they just weren’t paying attention?
minus-square@zzzzzlink3•7 months agoYes, possibly. Smart people can do dumb things. I suppose, in the end, it actually depends on how you define smart and dumb…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•7 months agoThis is the simple phrase that separates intelligence and wisdom. Forrest Gump was not a smart man. He was a wise man.
Or dumb. Or not paying attention. Or some combination of the above.
they’re paying attention to propaganda
Seriously, is there a difference? If someone drives a car into a wall, are they less stupid if they just weren’t paying attention?
Yes, possibly. Smart people can do dumb things.
I suppose, in the end, it actually depends on how you define smart and dumb…
Stupid is as stupid does.
This is the simple phrase that separates intelligence and wisdom. Forrest Gump was not a smart man. He was a wise man.