Wow. Once upon a time, people used to *try*, at least, to have their comments resemble at least a tiny slice of reality and authenticity. No more, it seems.
“There’s no issue about content, everyone—Gruber’s content is spot on! It’s just his style which needs a bit of polish!”
Is the fact that he communicated the idea, “We had to lie to get it passed” truly being lost over the hyper-inflated quibble about the specific word “stupidity”? Was any rational person really focusing on the particular choice of word?
Translation: “We think in terms of sound-bytes, and the only threats we perceive are sound-byte-sized. That’s why the *fact* of our lying is no big whoop even if it’s known, and why we’re working so hard to disarm the word ‘stupidity’ in the public sphere.”
...because people are too stupid to care about anything else. And the irony comes full-circle. (Yeesh.)
Getting a little taste of the maelstrom that Mitt Romney encountered for implying that just 47% of them were stupid.
Irony: The Mark of Quality Literature
...And the irony comes full-circle.Thank you for crystallizing that thought. I had not put it as succinctly as you described. You have something here in this post.