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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Jul 16, 2021, 04:49 PM Jul 2021

Maybe it's time to permanently retire the "Box o' Rocks" award.

For as long as I can remember, when someone did or said something that was jaw-dropping head-slapping STUPID, folks would say the person was "dumber than a box o' rocks". There was a bit of competition for a few years by those promoting the "dumber than a bag of hammers" award, but that never displaced the more traditional way to recognize the truly incredibly obtuse.

The award should go---for all time---to Donald Trump.

His recent editorial---which someone else wrote for him, of course---explaining in what he thought was great detail why he was suing "Big Tech" for violating his freedom of speech as guaranteed by the he First Amendment clinches his entitlement to the B.O.R.

As simply stated as I can manage, the First Amendment DOES NOT AT ALL APPLY to actions by private individuals or companies. It says THE GOVERNMENT may not infringe upon or prohibit our right to speak our minds.

Trump's suit against "Big Tech" makes about as much sense as him suing them for divorce.

Trump can display the "Box O' Rocks" next to his Nobel Prize and all those Time Magazine covers he graced.

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Maybe it's time to permanently retire the "Box o' Rocks" award. (Original Post) Atticus Jul 2021 OP
Dumber then Trump LifeLongDemocratic Jul 2021 #1
Dumber than a bag of hair? sarge43 Jul 2021 #2
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