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the dumb and the evil have always had a lot in common. It takes intelligence in many forms to recognize and practice virtue, to recognize the influence of the crowd over one's thinking and to resist knee jerk reactions and grudges


Agree completely, but it only takes a few insane recurring thoughts to justify that what one is doing is virtuous. I take solace that there are few Ted Kaczynski individuals deluded enough to fall into this category. Even then, they tend to be targeted killings, not random mass murders.


> the dumb and the evil have always had a lot in common.

As proven by the existence of one of my favorite logical adages- Hanlon's razor.


to wit, "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."


ha ha. love it




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