Bill Murray's statement re: arguments

[swimboy]

It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.

[puffy socks]

1. Well you win with a stupid person

they are just too stupid to grasp it.

Like the dem nomination
No matter how you explain the math
the stupid cannot grasp the concept.

Susan Sarandon is a perfect example.

[libdem4life]

3. How does this post describe a win...and disagree with OP?

Logically, politics aside?

[NJCher]

7. --

The poster fails to grasp that there are broad thinking styles that encompass a range of possibilities that could affect an outcome. Some people are very comfortable with simple thinking styles, like black/white, 1+1, etc.



Cher

[Iggo]

10. S/he's calling us stupid.

After that, who gives a fuck?

[libdem4life]

11. Yeah, always reflects on the name-caller. You know the old pointed finger with

three pointing at the appropriate person.

[puffy socks]

25. Ah cliches

If only they meant anything.

here I'll show you...
Opposites attract yet, birds of a feather flock together.


If at this point you can't grasp the delegate math after its been explained thoroughly then, yes, you're stupid. Its simple addition no mystery.

its going to be a joy to see and hear the whining and gnashing of teeth come the convention .

I can't wait...the few BoBs left will peter out just like OWS did..and for the same reasons. Arrogance and demands will get you nowhere.
It'll be a real hoot if the big protest is a big dud at the convention...but either way Ill get a laugh watching the 5 BoBs march around or the BoBs getting carted away for their supposed "non violent" protests. They can sit it out in a cell for a while and try some rationally thinking for a change until they are released and lose some more money to the government they hate soo much in the form of a fine.

[valerief]

29. What are BoBs? nt

[Dustlawyer]

18. Kind of like all of that personal and campaign money the Clinton's have pocketed from

Wall Street and the MIC (their personal friends) has no effect on what she will do in office despite the Princeton study shows that it absolutely does.

[Wibly]

19. If you have to resort to name calling

You have already lost.
And if you wonder why so many Sanders supporters are saying they won't support Clinton, then read your own rhetoric.
Pathetic.

[Matt_R]

28. I know right...

No matter how many time people explain that Clinton is under Investigation by the FBI and other government entities, she is still revered by certain people on this board and others in our society. Saying that she did no wrong, even though reading the emails posted on wikileaks shows she committed multiple felonies.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Thanks for that reminder.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. In life, it is important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong.

That is from facebook, but it applies to this discussion.

[unblock]

5. don’t argue with idiots; they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience

[spud_demon]

9. sometimes the only winning move is not to play nt

[kentauros]

27. Sage advice.

Especially around here!

And yes, I read that in the computer's voice. Such geekitude we have here

Welcome to DU!

[unblock]

6. never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference

[libodem]

8. Yep

[libdem4life]

12. Thank you up thread posters, for my first laugh of the day !!!

[PatrickforO]

13. Impossible with a stupid person, perhaps. But we've got to remember that millions of us

have been brainwashed by the right wing propaganda machine. Fox 'news,' hate-talk radio; these have worked 24/7/365 to undermine everything this nation is supposed to stand for.

Reverse that stuff, begin getting out the truth, and maybe suddenly there aren't as many 'stupid' people.

[Enthusiast]

23. Your words should be enshrined, PatrickforO.

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The misinformation has been overwhelming. TV has become about as awful as the radio and the lies now extend to all the channels. It would be foolhardy to think this has no effect.

[drokhole]

14. Or, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'s "hydrostatic paradox of controversy":

"Don't know what that means? Well, I will tell you. You know that if you had a bent tube, one arm of which was of the size of a pipe-stem, and the other big enough to hold the ocean, water would stand at the same height in one as in the other. Controversy equalises fools and wise men in the same way — and the fools know it."

[Beartracks]

21. The fools know it, and the media falls for it. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. Same goes for religious people too....

They treat everything that goes counter to reason as a test of their faith and turn off their brain.

[meow2u3]

16. You can't argue with ignorance

You'll lose every time. --meow2u3's late mom.

[Enthusiast]

24. It's the Dunning—Kruger Effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

[Loki]

17. “Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.”

One of my favorites: “Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”


Mark Twain

[Android3.14]

20. Truth

[Android3.14]

22. This year's primary season reminds me of a Heinlein quote

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

[Tortmaster]

26. When you argue with a stupid person and lose,

you have just wasted that stupid person's time.

[valerief]

30. When certain people get elected, we all lose. nt