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Always a prescient quote from Mark Twain... (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Nov 2019
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StClone
(11,686 posts)1. Twain fan here: My Corollary to his quote
"Don't argue with an idiot* you'll always lose."
* My question is are they really idiots? I spent the weekend at a wedding in rural Iowa surrounded by somewhat quiescent Trumpistas and I had to ask my self, "what is wrong with these people?" They can't be be that stupid.
* My question is are they really idiots? I spent the weekend at a wedding in rural Iowa surrounded by somewhat quiescent Trumpistas and I had to ask my self, "what is wrong with these people?" They can't be be that stupid.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)2. Foolish people are easily deceived by a good con job
Thats what happened to them.
Harker
(14,034 posts)3. I have a love/hate relationship with Twain...
which depends upon how close he hits to home.
alterfurz
(2,474 posts)4. "It's easier to fool people...
...than to convince them that they have been fooled." -- Mark Twain