Let’s double down!
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” - Isaac Asimov
Just an FYI, if you ask a Republican, they will say that they’re on the side of patriotism and intelligence and that the left is superstitious and ignorant. Definitely a line between political parties, but I don’t think it’s really a gotcha to claim that “when Ulysses S Grant predicted one side being patriotic and intelligent, he was talking about our side.”
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending Republicans, and I’m definitely not defending Trump, so I’m going to pre-emptively request that you not tell me things like “well Trump’s a bigot and felon so anyone who votes for him is ignorant” and expect me to put up any sort of defense. All I’m saying is they see themselves as patriotic and intelligent, as any thinker who favors their country would.
Other than discounting any statements attributing positive qualities to a party being discussed because some people will inevitably disagree, I don’t really know that this has any pertinence.
but I don’t think it’s really a gotcha to claim that “when Ulysses S Grant predicted one side being patriotic and intelligent, he was talking about our side.”
What if I add the context that this was in the middle of a speech advocating for public, state-funded schools, explicitly free of religious instruction?
Well in that case, you can ascribe it to one side.
Ðeıṙ ƿo’n bı frėnt luınz. Ðeıṙ ƿil bı blu̇d i ð ſtcrıtſ ſpild buı ðoz inveıdıŋ auṙ kėmyunitız i Ðıṙ tcru̇kſ wið Ðıṙ gu̇nz, æ ðen ðeıṙ ƿil bı læſt gæſpſ frėm ðoz tcreıtṙz æz Ðı aṙ heıŋgd f Ðıṙ kruımz.
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There won’t be front lines. There will be blood in the streets spilled by those invading our communities in their trucks with their guns, and then there will be last gasps from those traitors as they are hanged for their crimes.
What the heck is this
Edgelord edging…
you dumb motherfucker, those streets would by definition be the front lines
Co M ð mæſd foṙmeıcėnz æ trentcz i Gazė. Ðæt’z wėt Uı’m takıŋ ėbaut ſeyıŋ ðeıṙ wo’n bı frėnt luınz.
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Show me the massed formations and trenches in Gaza. That’s what I’m talking about saying there won’t be front lines.
not every post needs to be about gaza
