[MD] Where are the stupid people?

[Micah]

Mary,

People that are stupid enough to be duped into a massive scam are called 
"voters".

Micah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary" <marysonthego at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: [MD] Where are the stupid people?


> At my office a number of us try to regularly gather for lunch.  The
> majority, this being Texas after all, are staunch Republicans with very
> conservative political views.  The smaller minority includes myself and a
> few other hardy souls who regularly take a beating.  In any group of
> congenial but hardly intimate friends such as ours, talk often revolves
> around the latest news, and this necessarily means politics.  Though we
> disagree, all of us are smart enough to know that our friendship is more
> valuable than any transient disagreement.  But one question seems to have 
> no
> answer.  Who are the people who vote for things they do not really want?
> Are they stupid?  Are they duped by the false advertising they see?  How 
> can
> they be so dumb, we ask ourselves?  Even though I do not often agree with
> the table's consensus, I do respect - and yes, actually _like_ those I
> disagree with.  Well, that means _they_ aren't the stupid ones.  But even
> those that disagree with me see the electorate as stupid.  So who are 
> these
> stupid people?  Nobody can name one.  Nobody can say, "yeah, my neighbor 
> Bob
> is stupid", or "the guy I see every week at the grocery store is stupid".
> So, who are they?  Is there really a vast hoard of stupid people milling
> around aimlessly outside the voting booth?
>
>
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> - The most important thing you will ever make is a realization.
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