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Could the dogwhistle blow any louder?
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To be fair, you can say the same thing about white people. Some of us aren't smart.
You can say the same thing about almost any group of people. But you shouldn't.
I'd rather quote MIB: "a person is smart, people are stupid, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Here's a related one:
~Terry Pratchett
what! gladys! vernon is over here with his gibberish! can you tell him to tell her to tell that internet person to SPEAK LOUDER
But you CAN say it about ALL people, and it rings true even there.
Across all classes, ethnic groups, political ideologies, religions or lack thereof: A good chunk of humanity is just pants-on-head stupid. More than we want to admit.