On Aug 14, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
> Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have watched Fox News -- and were there such a thing as intelligence, I >>> would say that those spouting nonsense there OBVIOUSLY were highly >>> intelligent. No stupid person could possibly dream up such nonsense or >>> present it so smoothly. ... > > raghu: >> I was referring to Fox News *watchers* not the anchors. >> >> And any Tea Party rally is another Exhibit against your thesis. > > There's a difference between the "intelligence" of an individual and > that of a crowd. Both of these (Fox News watchers and Teabaggers) are > examples of crowds. Of course, not all crowds are this stupid, but > they can be. In his interview with me, David Frum argued that the Fox mavens come to believe their own bullshit, even if they didn't at first. Doug _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
