[thechat] "Democracy can be bad for you"

[Ben Dyer]

Actually, you missed my point.  "Stupid," in this case, referred to the 
public at large.

Dubya is just charismatic and kind of a goof.  Just one of those irritating 
rich frat boys.

--Ben

At 12:59 PM 4/4/01, you wrote:
>Careful, most "stupid" people turn out to be smart about some things.
>
>Example: Lot's of folks like to call "W" stupid, but he was smart enough to
>simultaneously be direct about his pro-business and pro-rich-people stance,
>and fool the middle classes/working people into thinking that he was
>speaking to them.
>
>So, let's replace "stupid" with "woefully un-informed". In both cases.
>
>matt
>
>
>
> > From: Ben Dyer <ben_dyer at imaginuity.com>
> > Or to quote despair.com, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in
> > large groups."

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