X-post from GD: Borowitz (satire): Many in Nation Tired of Explaining Things to Idiots

[SecularMotion]

Of the many obvious things that people are sick and tired of trying to get through the skulls of stupid people, the fact that climate change will cause catastrophic habitat destruction and devastating extinctions tops the list, with a majority saying that they will no longer bother trying to explain this to cretins.

Coming in a close second, statistical proof that gun control has reduced gun deaths in countries around the world is something that a significant number of those polled have given up attempting to break down for morons.

Finally, a majority said that trying to make idiots understand why a flag that symbolizes bigotry and hatred has no business flying over a state capitol only makes the person attempting to explain this want to put his or her fist through a wall.

In a result that suggests a dismal future for the practice of explaining things to idiots, an overwhelming number of those polled said that they were considering abandoning such attempts altogether, with a broad majority agreeing with the statement, “This country is exhausting.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026887443

Discuss

[Thinkingabout]

1. Unfortunately this is true and not satire. They crawl out for a rock and say stupid things

and no matter how you try to show the simple answers they just keep on repeating the same talking points.

[Straw Man]

2. Just crawling out from under my rock ...

... to say that calling something "talking points" isn't an adequate response to counter-arguments. If you want to discuss and debate issues, that's one thing. If you want to drop propaganda bombs and run, that's another.

So let's start talking about those stats, shall we?

[ileus]

5. Exactly...Over and over again you explain the basics and they never understand.

instead insisting stuff like "guns kill people" or "guns are only made to kill"

what a bunch of goobers...

[Gothmog]

3. I love good satire

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. Good satire would require a basis in fact.

Bit the fact is some nations with fewer guns have more suicides and violent crime while some nations with more liberal gun laws have fewer suicides and violent crime.

Access to guns is not a variable.

[ileus]

4. We've been trying to explain the 2A for years...yes we're tired.

[Lizzie Poppet]

7. "statistical proof that gun control has reduced gun deaths in countries around the world"

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. I suggest adding...

...a lot more in the way of insults and cartoons. That's sure to help.

[friendly_iconoclast]

10. Posting insults and cartoons helps that lot to feel like they're "doing something"

I call it my 'Critical Mass of Ridicule Theory': "If you make fun of your enemies often enough,
they'll eventually give up".

Seeing as most gun contr...safety advocates do little else, I believe my theory is
a valid one...

[virginia mountainman]

9. Yea we sure are...nt

[friendly_iconoclast]

11. Those most prone to Dunning-Kruger effect...

...are, by definition, the least likely to recognize that they are prone to it.

Seems many can't help themselves, and for legions of internet posters, net access
was just the opportunity they sought to eventually make a lot of noise.

After all, the value of opportunity depends on how well one handles it. Every body
should realize that no job is too small to do well...

[sarisataka]

12. Maybe some are

But since re-re-re-explaining it will

-reduce pollution to undo some of the damage already done

-reduce crime and save lives with focused, realistic GC policy

-reduce racism and help people to realize we are all the same

I'm far from ready to give up trying to help idiots see the light. I'm stubborn that way