On the Spread of Stupid 1
Alex Caron of the Portland Press-Herald notes the proliferation of stupid. A snippet:
From both American and world history, we know where the dictatorship of the stupid takes a society: to autocracy, mediocrity and strife. And to the enrichment of a few over the many and a general collapse of civil society.
Let’s be careful not to confuse stupidity with ignorance or lack of education, although they generally expand together. . . .
Stupid is different. To win a degree in stupid, you have to willfully reject facts in favor of superstitions, myths, fears and conspiracy theories. And then get all your news from fake or biased news sites targeted at the stupid.
January 3, 2017 at 11:30 pm
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
2 Timothy 3:4