| Those who trusted at the wrong time and place will in turn mistrust at the wrong time and place. | |
| — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach | |
| It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. | |
| — Mark Twain | |
| (Frequently attributed to Twain, but there is no proof he ever wrote / said this.) | |
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Posts Tagged ‘MAGAs’
MAGA’s Continuing Faith And Support Of #DonTheFelon
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #DonTheFelon, American Politics, Faith, Fools, MAGAs, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Support, Trust on June 20, 2024| 3 Comments »
#45:TheLoser To His MAGA Followers
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45:TheLoser, #DonTheCon, American Politics, Demagoguery, H. L. Mencken, Idiots, Lies, MAGAs, Philosophy, Quotes on May 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
| The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. | |
| — H. L. Mencken | |
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Why I Fear The MAGA Movement
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Astonishment, Brian Herbert, Foolishness, Groups, Human, Leaders, MAGA Republicans, MAGAs, Philosophy, Quotes on May 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
| It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question. | |
| — Brian Herbert | |
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What Will It Take (MAGAs)?
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Benjamin Franklin, Education, Ignorant, Learning, MAGAs, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Shame on February 19, 2024| 2 Comments »
| Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. | |
| — Benjamin Franklin | |
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MAGA’s And The Big Lie About The 2020 Election
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 2020 Presidential Election, Beliefs, Francis Bacon, MAGAs, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, The Big Lie, Truth on November 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
| For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes. | |
| — Francis Bacon | |
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Only More Democracy & Honest Elections Can Keep America “Great”
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 2022 Mid-Term Elections, General Welfare, George Santayana, MAGAs, Majority Vote, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Representative Government on October 11, 2022| 2 Comments »
| Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. | |
| — George Santayana | |
| [You cannot “Make America Great Again” by restricting the voting rights of those who don’t agree with you or redistricting representative government to promote minority rule over a majority vote. The “way” to win elections is with better policies and ideas for promoting the general welfare. — kmab] | |
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MAGA Choice: Reality Or Lies
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Choice, Lies, MAGAs, Paradigm Change, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reality, Science, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn PhD, Trumpism on September 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
| Like the choice between competing political institutions, that between competing paradigms proves to be a choice between incompatible modes of community life. Because it has that character, the choice is not and cannot be determined merely by the evaluative procedures characteristic of normal science, for these depend in part upon a particular paradigm, and the paradigm is at issue. When paradigms enter, as they must, into a debate about paradigm choice, their role is necessarily circular. Each group uses its own paradigm to argue in that paradigm’s defense. | |
| — Thomas S. Kuhn | |
| From his book: “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions“ | |
| [Unfortunately for Democracy, Trumpers STILL choose lies… — kmab] | |
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