2006-01-31 Idiot America
<hide> <let name=data index=Date>2006-01-31}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\America\PZ Myers/posts}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\America\PZ Myers/posts}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/01/idiot_america.php}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/01/idiot_america.php}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CIdiot America}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|Idiot America}}{{#vardefine:Text|“You would be surprised at how much email is sent to me telling me to stop being so derisive, that harsh language and ridicule turn people off and repel the very ones we're trying to persuade. My reply is like the one above; by refusing to ridicule the ridiculous, by watering down every criticism into a mannered circumlocution, we have created an environment where idiots thrive unchallenged. We have a twit for a president because so many people made apologies for his ludicrous lack of qualifications—we need more people unabashedly pointing out fools. .. I'm doing my part to fight Idiot America. I hope more people join me.”}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“You would be surprised at how much email is sent to me telling me to stop being so derisive, that harsh language and ridicule turn people off and repel the very ones we're trying to persuade. My reply is like the one above; by refusing to ridicule the ridiculous, by watering down every criticism into a mannered circumlocution, we have created an environment where idiots thrive unchallenged. We have a twit for a president because so many people made apologies for his ludicrous lack of qualifications—we need more people unabashedly pointing out fools. .. I'm doing my part to fight Idiot America. I hope more people join me.”}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}