The bracing, relentless patter of idiots
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We live in a world in which people are beheaded, imprisoned, demoted, and censured simply because they have opened their mouths, flapped their lips, and vibrated some air. Yes, those vibrations can make us feel sad or stupid or alienated. Tough shit. That’s the price of admission to the marketplace of ideas. Hateful, blasphemous, prejudiced, vulgar, rude, or ignorant remarks are the music of a free society, and the relentless patter of idiots is how we know we’re in one. When all the words in our public conversation are fair, good, and true, it’s time to make a run for the fence.
Daniel Gilbert for Edge’s What is your dangerous idea? 2006 question
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Yo he considerado rentar un espectacular en el cruce de Mariano Otero y Lopez Mateos y poner un simple letrero blanco y negro que diga algo como “MENOPAUSIA” ¿Te imaginas al niño en minivan q se voltea y le pregunta a su mocha madre que le explique que es eso de la menopausia??........Tenemos que agitar un poco esta sociedad, sino se va a apelmasar.
I had very similar ideas a couple of years ago my friend! Of course government would spank and tear us down in the name of public moralityWP, but we can dream…
(seel ísa is rev A + we luv digital)