circuitfarmer

How stupid has the populace become that they can't see this high school bullshit.

Sounds like they want a round of layoffs but don't want to pay severance.

The primary argument against the death penalty are the sheer number of people who were executed in spite of later being found innocent.

Just because it doesn't apply in this particular case doesn't mean anything needs to change.

The legal system does not have 100% accuracy.

But then how would I get my breakfast beer? Only at an airport do you get the plausibility of being accustomed to a different time zone.

In all seriousness though, this is the classic "blame the person or the tool" argument.

I've seen this one. This is the one where a bunch of Republicans are like "I'm a never Trumper" and then a month later they're all on the floor kissing his feet.

Good thing he gutted Twitter's content moderation teams in the name of "free speech", eh?

If I had a dollar for every time a billionaire loses more money than I could ever dream of because their hubris got in the way or they misunderstood a concept or were just plain dumb -- well, I guess I'd be a billionaire too.

The US has a problem of representation. Specifically and especially since the Citizens United decision, corporate interests can easily flow money towards politicians to make them do just about anything they want. This exacerbated an existing problem with the corporate tax rate and has now brought it into laughably low territory.

That's all an oversimplification of course, but it's not that Americans haven't "figured it out". It is far more complicated than that.

Oh, I totally agree. My comment was intended more to get away from the idea that these people are simply unintelligent, which I don't think is the case.

100% they have a responsibility to think critically. Conditioning may make that difficult, but a lack of effort would be an entirely different thing.

Trump's achilles' heel is pride and ego. He surrounds himself with yes-people to constantly stroke that ego.

But he isnt dumb. He must know (maybe deep down) that she got under his skin and as a result she embarrassed him on national TV.

He cannot risk any more detriment to the ego.

"But the TV said it so it's not my fault for saying it again!"

It's kind of like Tucker Carlson's approach with "I'm just asking questions." No, you're spewing bullshit and trying to spin it as curiosity.

We need to start taking it for what it is: these people have been conditioned by an actual disinformation campaign. It's not that there are more dumb people. We have an entire segment of the population which has been systematically programmed.

That comment was almost even better than the "they're eating pets" one. How absolutely insane that someone running for Commander in Chief would think "I saw it on TV" is a good defense on a fact check.