tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4626928178539178552.post1198749010924988232..comments2023-07-03T06:33:49.206-04:00Comments on J-TWO-O: Revenge of the ignorant. Is it too late for America to wise up?J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4626928178539178552.post-83440594190711862632016-12-21T15:11:10.647-05:002016-12-21T15:11:10.647-05:00@Dave S., I was trying to work in that famous Adla...@Dave S., I was trying to work in that famous Adlai Stevenson quote, where one of his supporters calls out "Governor Stevenson, all thinking people are for you!" And Adlai Stevenson replies, "That's not enough. I need a majority." <br /><br />There is also the quote attributed to Winston Churchill, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4626928178539178552.post-4125399037591989782016-12-21T15:03:47.799-05:002016-12-21T15:03:47.799-05:00Willful ignorance, or at least anti-intellectualis...Willful ignorance, or at least anti-intellectualism, has a long and proud history in this country, going back to at least the 1950s, when the GOP derided Adlai Stevenson as a pointy-head. Gotta admit that "the best and the brightest" took a hit in the '60s, unfairly or not.<br /><br />To answer your question, my cynical side says never. There's good bank to be made off the ignorant and easily-led.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.com