in fact, Dunning-Kruger effect and all, stupid people can convince themselves that they’re smart, feeding into the megalomania and narcissism creating an ignorance-positive-feedback loop.

his megalomania and his narcissism coupled with his ignorance are what makes him so dangerous. This is why he thinks the Iran deal was “such a bad deal” is because he doesn’t understand why the Iran deal was so important to global geo-politics.

yes. Shooting an argument down simply because it seems like a logical fallacy is a logical fallacy in and of itself. (I believe it’s called “the fallacy fallacy). The whole “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” kind of thing.

Yeah Rick & Morty! My fave adult cartoon! Yas!

I feel you. I want to stay intellectually stimulated by seeing views that I disagree with, but it’s getting so damn hard. Plus one guy i’m friends w/ on FB who I almost always disagree with has the same policy but is so FUCKING SELF RIGHTEOUS about it.

same as what he does with a certain autocratic head of state. Exactly how many times did he (unprovoked) say “i don’t know putin!”

dontcha know us gals just LOOOOVE the attention we get from reporting unwanted sexual advances/touching. That’s why rape victims have to be kept anonymous, otherwise they’d try to parlay that shit into book deals and reality shows. duh.

Wow.

she revealed a fundamental ignorance about statistical analysis. Donors who are journalists tended to support Hillary. One can certainly *not* conclude from this data that journalists in general support Hillary.

I love this too as a sort of rejoinder to Chelsea’s apologetics in saying she’d never hire a woman “just ‘cuz” she’s a woman. Bish plz. That’s such a white-dude thing to say. It’s not like it’s *ever* obvious who the “most qualified” person for a job is. It’s such a fallacy. It’s a way to excuse yourself for only…

caveat: never watched GBBO

dang. I remember learning the word “octoroon” when I was researching Alexandre Dumas. shit is fucked.

yeah... my dad lives in a swing state...

I’m struggling really hard with the fact that my dad will probably vote for trump. it sucks so hard.

counterpoint: muffaletta

there is literally nothing one can compare trump to at this point without people jumping to the defense of said object. e.g. “hey, how can you disparage the humble and useful pile of burning garbage!”

dude, same. So much same.

a lot of well-meaning men are pretty oblivious to sexual harrassment/unwanted-touching, etc. My own dear husband looked at me with shock when I told him that I’ve been told to smile *hundreds* of times by strange men. And that, obviously, is the tip of the iceberg. I was also told by an elderly man that he could…

de Tocqueville?

that’ll teach her to have such excellent posture.