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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. ~ Issac Asimov #ThoughtfulThursday

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What the US has is a concerted effort to degrade the public education system in a systematic plan to create “willful ignorance” and bury the lessons of history. Combined with the destruction of the doctrine that church and state are separate. This is what of founding fathers feared most. Unsafe? YES

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mediaite.com‘Turncoat!’ Megyn Kelly Rages at SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett for ‘Constantly Siding With the Left’YouTube and Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly unleashed a searing rant at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for siding with liberals on mail-in voting.

Being intelligent has caused me much pain in recent years. My mom was far smarter than me, and once said she wanted to be reincarnated as a pampered house cat. No need to think or know… just enjoy days in a sunny window.

Well, sure. But that’s kinda-sorta easy pickins. The inverse corollary for me is to recognize, too, that when intelligence (or any status) by default is considered patriotism, we are unsafe. Consider, for the briefest of examples, David Halberstam’s “The Best and the Brightest”—simultaneously >

> a spot-on while ironic/sarcastic title to designate the numerous Ivy Leaguers, etc. (McNamara, Rusk, Bundy, et al.) in the Kennedy and Johnson admins. propelling the Vietnam War (… disastrous in any case, whether we “won” or “lost”). Yes, of course, Trump and acolytes are, in short, imbeciles; >

Here are some of his most memorable sayings:On conflict: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." "On learning: "Self-education is... the only kind of education there is."On society: "Science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom

rethuglykkkan = fascist racist misogynist liar grifter pedophile pedophile enabler thief domestic abuser constitution denier human rights abuser sex traffiker slaver general piece o' shite

This is the dark side of social media: you can no longer effectively shame people for their deliberate ignorance and their knowingly spreading misinformation, because they can now find an entire tribe who celebrates their particular flavor of dumbassery.

You know I didn't like Isaac much back when he was around, he always seemed so critically piercing somehow but nowadays I appreciate more of where he was coming from. At least he spoke his mind & said what he meant & meant what he said. Patriotism IS stupidity, sorry! Imagine there's no country.