“The government teachers on this board are, in my opinion, intelligent.”
Merry Christmas to you Wintertime...
I’m sure later in the thread we will get the “useful idiot” comments.
But for now, I will just appreciate the moment.
:-)
Honestly~
MOsby, surely you are aware that the “Useful Idiot” does not refer to IQ. The term is attributed to Vladimir Lenin but the origin of the term is actually unknown. Some of the most useful of the “Useful Idiots” actually had very high IQs. The following is from Wikipedia:
“political jargon, the term “useful idiot” was used to describe Soviet sympathizers in western countries (particularly in the United States) and the alleged attitude of the Soviet government towards them. The implication was that the person in question was naïve, foolish, or in willful denial, and was being cynically used by the Soviet Union, or another Communist state.”
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“The term is now used more broadly to describe someone who is perceived to be manipulated by political movement, terrorist group, or hostile government, whether or not the group is Communist in nature.”
Origins unknown
The term is purported[citation needed] to have been coined by Vladimir Lenin, sometimes in the form “useful idiots of the West”, to describe those Western reporters and travellers who would endorse the Soviet Union and its policies in the West.