Sydney Sweeney does an ad for jeans, media throws a hissy fit

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Torillian said:

Chrkeller said:

Lol, if you think the majority is stupid then you don't actually know what gaussian is.  Have a good one.  Lose hard at all levels of government...  nope, no strategy issues.  

Then you misunderstood the original comment and replied about Gaussian. When you say there's some insanely brilliant people and a general population of goldfish brained, half wits most people would assume you mean the bulk (general population) of the US is stupid. So sure it's a Gaussian where the center distribution is "gold fish brained, half wits". 

Difference I can see between Zorg and Rol is that Zorg thinks the general populace is stupid but you still have to try to message to them. I'm unsure of Rol's prescription for how to deal with the stupid populace. 

It's similar wording to the classic Trump thing: "They're murderers, they're rapists, and some I assume are good people" means that you think most of the group you are talking about it murderers and rapists with some small section of good people that make up a minority. 

I mentioned it way back at the point of origin of this whole chain: The problem with stupid people is that you can't reason someone out of a position they haven't arrived at through reason. The typical prerequisite to get through to a stupid person is that said person is able to recognize their own stupidity. This is something that we can witness in the polling already: Trump's approval rating hasn't nosedived within a few months because of anything the Democrats have accomplished (after all, they have done hardly anything of note in 2025), it comes solely down to Trump voters realizing what a terrible decision they made.

I agree with zorg that the population being dumb and the Democrats needing to have better policies and messaging are not mutually exclusive. Before the election, whatever the Democrats said fell on deaf ears on a widespread level, hence why Americans voted for a wannabe dictator despite so many warning signs being plain out in the open. But now, six months into Trump's term, a large enough chunk of the general population is willing to listen. That's the opportunity that Democrats need to seize while at the same time they need to hope that the midterm election in 2026 can still be somewhat fair and lawful, something that is already a big question mark at this point in time.

I'll add that the most common reason why someone is willing to defend stupidity is because they share some or all of the same beliefs as the stupid people. It's obvious that Chrkeller has more of an issue with people calling out stupidity than a president who dismantles the American democracy.