"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice"

[kpete]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Bonhoeffer sure hit the nail on the head...

We've got a lot of stupid to deal with these days, and no good ideas about how to counteract it.

[LakeArenal]

2. I wish I could post the Simpsons episode when Homer sang...

" I am so smart. I am so smart. S M R T.....

[nycbos]

3. Here you go

[LakeArenal]

5. Tee hee... Thanks.. nt

[smirkymonkey]

4. K&R

[mountain grammy]

6. K & R

[dchill]

7. Stupidity is the agar of malice.

I'm copyrighting that, by the way.

[Hekate]

8. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a great and good man. Thanks for this. nt

[bora13]

9. wino man

he is a wino man, and he doesn't even drink.
so jam it down the road you funky-ass bum!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Actually, you can defend against and fight stupidity

See also Hanlon's Razor.

You can go around stupidity.
You can make stupidity trip over itself.
Stupidity is its own reward.

You can make stupid people think they won even when they lose. Hence the tRump voters are still "not tired of winning" yet.

[meow2u3]

11. Malice starts the attacks against the good

Stupidity perpetuates them.

[benpollard]

12. How to convince stupid people to vote for you...

Appeal to their emotions. Tell them what they want to hear, which is that you're going to make their lives better.

Focusing on gay rights, Trump's misogyny, the rights of illegal aliens, or to some extent -- the environment, isn't going to make their lives better.

You need to focus on the economy, job creation, and better jobs.

Democrats are far better when it comes to the economy than are Republicans, yet Republicans control the narrative. Why is that?

[GreenEyedLefty]

13. I like what MLK Jr. said...