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@leahmcelrath@mstdn.social

2024-01-23 00:25 UTC

For the sake of future generations, we need to be clear about both the horrors AND about how stupid everything is at the same time. Previous recorders of history failed us by not emphasizing the stupidity—and its presence is one of the reasons the horrors aren’t taken seriously.

Replies (6)

  • @paninid@mastodon.world 2024-01-23 00:35

    @leahmcelrath@mstdn.social Yes https://mastodon.world/@paninid/111796801312432073

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  • @Ricardus@mastodon.sdf.org 2024-01-23 01:22

    @leahmcelrath@mstdn.social Stupidity is like hydrogen. It is a basic building block of the universe.

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  • @leahmcelrath@mstdn.social Are we sure it would help? Robert Southey wrote 1796 (Battle of Blenheim) "It was a summer evening,  Old Kaspar's work was done.... [Peterkin:] In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy,  Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And, with a natural sigh, "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45178/the-battle-of-blenheim @cainmark@mstdn.social

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  • @rlpaulprodn@mstdn.social 2024-01-23 02:06

    @leahmcelrath@mstdn.social Which “Previous recorders of history,” specifically? There are a *lot* of “recorders of history.” Who are you indicting here?

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  • @itwasntme@mstdn.social 2024-01-23 03:52

    @leahmcelrath@mstdn.social sometimes, and Now is an example, solidarity and rational thought part ways.

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  • @geonz@mathstodon.xyz 2024-02-10 15:12

    @leahmcelrath@mstdn.social You mean the persistence in saying "but that doesn't make sense, don't they see that?" again and again and again, without seeing that ... NO THEY DO NOT SEE THAT.

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