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no_hypocrisy

(46,086 posts) Sat Sep 14, 2019, 04:09 PM Sep 2019

There's nothing so trustworthy as the ordinary mind of the ordinary man.

That was on the banner in the home of Lonesome Rhodes in A Face In The Crowd.

This statement defines why we are where Trump is where he is. He has validated a significant segment of the population which is (to quote Lonesome Rhodes) "stupider than I am and therefore I have to think for them!"

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There's nothing so trustworthy as the ordinary mind of the ordinary man. (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Sep 2019 OP

I like that, though I would use the word predictable in place of trustworthy lunatica Sep 2019 #1

I haven't read the book but it reminds me of OKNancy Sep 2019 #2

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

1. I like that, though I would use the word predictable in place of trustworthy

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Sat Sep 14, 2019, 04:30 PM

Sep 2019

Mostly because trust is the last thing I would feel for what passes for an ordinary mind in the present charged atmosphere of hate.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

2. I haven't read the book but it reminds me of

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 04:39 PM

Sep 2019

The Death of Expertise it's by Tom Nichols a never-Trumper, but the title is something I've thought about for a while.

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