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"Take a stand against idiots"? Really? It's better to ignore idiots.
by dennisgorelik 15y ago
"Take a stand against idiots"? Really?
It's better to ignore idiots.
- Mz 15y agoA friend of mine from another culture used to say 'The only good reply to stupid people is silence'.* I assume it was some saying from their culture. I really need to remember that more often. * I don't really like that framing but my memory is that is what he said. I would personally make that "The only good reply to stupid remarks is silence." or "The only good reply to stupidity is silence." We all do dumb stuff sometimes. It isn't necessarily proof that an individual is actually an idiot.
- roel_v 15y agoOK maybe not 'take a stand against idiots', but 'take a stand against bullies'. Harassing people is not somebody just being an idiot; it's not like we should ignore people who put a dog turd in somebody's mailbox every day. People standing in the middle of the street holding signs about how Jezus saves, or posting online about being abducted by aliens: idiots, ignore; people picketing funerals with 'god hates fags' signs: bullies, punish. (not in the lynch mob sense, but in the 'recourse society takes against deviant subjects').