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You know, there's the off chance that: 1. He is smart. 2. As the President of the United States, he is getting all the data he needs. 3. You're the one who's wr
by edanm 16y ago
You know, there's the off chance that:
1. He is smart.
2. As the President of the United States, he is getting all the data he needs.
3. You're the one who's wrong.
I'm not saying it's necessarily true, but it sounds a little funny to say "yeah he's either stupid or ignorant" about someone who is very likely neither. It's possible he just disagrees with you, despite being smart and knowledgeable.
- loewenskind 16y agoIt doesn't have to be one of: a) Stupid b) Ignorant c) Wrong It is most likely that Obama has different motivations then we do so his "right" is different than ours.
- edanm 16y agoYep, that definitely seems more likely than him being stupid or ignorant.
- djcapelis 16y agoOf course that's a possibility. I merely stated my own personal doubt that inside the echo chamber he was seeing the same things we see and that alone could explain the decision. I didn't say that was the only possibility. I just mentioned it was the one I thought most likely. I think it's always important to remember smart people can make stupid decisions based on flawed data. I was reminding the poster I was replying to about this possibility. I did not actually say that Obama necessarily did this here. Though I do think it likely actually... but it's hard to tell, I don't have lunch with the guy.