Jim, I really hate this. This myth of a connection between intelligence and right opinion is totally disabling of intelligent left analysis.
"Analysis" can be stupid or intelligent; it is false to apply either adjective to persons. Carrol > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:pen-l- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Devine > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 9:19 AM > To: Pen-l > Subject: [Pen-l] quote du jour > > from the 19th century thinker John Stuart Mill (via Paul Krugman via Brad > deLong): > > "I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to > say that stupid people are generally Conservative...." > > we can replace the word "Conservative" by "Republican" or whomever is the > target of our ire. > -- > > Jim Devine / "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go > away." -- Philip K. Dick _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
