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[–] dottedgreenline@lemmy.ml 99 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Being ok with being conservative is akin to being ok with being stupid. It's basically an admission of idiocy.

[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (4 children)

No. Stupid isn’t something you choose. As an adult, bigotry absolutely is.

[–] dottedgreenline@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Gonna have to agree to disagree on that one, barring very different understandings of the word “stupidity.” Cognition and action are different things, and pretending they’re the same doesn’t improve the efficacy of interventions.

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