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I would agree that acting out of evil IS pretty stupid. In the short term, you may gain some money or power but eventually we all die and people will come from miles around to piss on your grave. You spend a short time alive (100 years?) and the rest of the time you are dead. Your reputation can live on much longer than your body.
But I think there are lots more people who are just plain stupid but NOT evil.
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your assumption is these folks are stupid because they are ignorant and just have not been exposed to education .... the reality is they choose ignorance over knowledge
not an assumption as i know many Trump supporters personally
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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All of the Trump supporters that I know, and they count in the hundreds, are, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, bigoted, lazy and immoral. Level of education has little to do with it. Hence, they are ALL stupid. In the famous words of Mrs. Gump - "Stupid is as stupid does."
I have yet to hear any one of them make a cogent argument for supporting Trump. In fact I haven't heard anyone ever make such an argument.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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Turns out the skittles shyte posted by Hitler Trump Jr. Has its origins in none other than the 3rd Reich. Appropriate I guess. DONALD TRUMP JR.’S tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles has deep roots. The concept dates back at least to 1938 and a children’s book called Der Giftpilz, or The Toadstool, in which a mother explains to her son that it only takes one Jew to destroy an entire people.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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Embezzlement: In California, that's a class B felony with 5-20 years in prison, pay back the money you stole, and up to a $15,000 fine.
And it is NOT just a tax matter. Nobody makes this "mistake".
Stealing is stealing, and if you don't understand that stealing from your own charitable foundation is a crime, then you are not fit to run it. This is the fundamental fiduciary duty of the officers running a foundation. I just settled a million dollar Living Trust yesterday, so I understand fiduciary duty! (It balances to the penny and every expense is accounted for.)
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You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Most of what he says is incoherent gibberish...
I know meth addicts that are more articulate.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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Donald Trump wants the Chicago police to stop you and frisk you and TAKE YER GUNZ AWAY!!! Those 2nd Amendment folks might want to add another name to their list.
Just a Missouri school teacher ... stubborn as a mule and addicted to logic.
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A friend of mine just sent this letter to the editor: I recently reread 1st Corinthians 13: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
What immediately struck me was how diametrically opposed Donald Trump is to each one of those biblical definitions. He is not patient or kind; he envies and boasts and is proud. He dishonors others regularly, is very self-seeking, easily angered and keeps a long record of wrongs and slights.
Do we really want a leader of our country who exhibits the polar opposite of what the Bible says are the very most important traits? Do we really think such a person can unite and lead this country, drawing on their own strengths, and moral standard as an example? This election marks a profound need for soul-searching by voters as to the character of who will sit in the Oval Office. Chuck Ford
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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