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Happy Hoosier

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5. It appeals to dumbasses who want to think they're smart.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 03:26 PM

Yesterday

This country has always had a strong streak of anti-intellectualism. A phrase like "common sense" is a way for the uneducated and ill-informed that they have some kind of intuitive leg up on those fancy-pants educated people with their snooty book-learnin'.

I get this from my sister all the time. I love her, but she's a dumb-ass. She always "joking" about how I am "so educated" but thatI have "no common sense." She is never able to identify what indicates my lack of "common sense." I think it's when I call out her casual racism, or some other stupid thing.

Anyway... I guess I am sick of the stupid people winning.

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Why does the right wing keep using the phrase "common sense"? [View all] Initech Yesterday OP

Because they have none..... Lovie777 Yesterday #1

Actually, they do---and that's the problem. lastlib Yesterday #10

It's their #1 phrase in their propaganda agenda. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #16

It's just common sense to destroy freedom and democracy BOSSHOG Yesterday #2

Maybe they mean common cents which is all we have after the plutocrats feast. GreenWave Yesterday #3

Fascist Mottos Baron2024 Yesterday #4

It appeals to dumbasses who want to think they're smart. Happy Hoosier Yesterday #5

Because they have well funded think tanks that use tested advertising methodologies Voltaire2 Yesterday #6

Common Sense Is Nothing More Than a Deposit of Prejudices Laid Down in the Mind Before Age Eighteen usonian Yesterday #7

Its a way for the uneducated or uninformed drray23 Yesterday #8

"Common sense" is what stupid people have been proclaiming they have Aristus Yesterday #9

Because all their decisions are the opposite of common sense. Irish_Dem Yesterday #11

Because it can't be measured. surrealAmerican Yesterday #12

Because it's their fallback when they're too dumb to say anything else Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #13

DingDingDing! vanlassie 21 hrs ago #20

Fixed it for ya... Think. Again. Yesterday #14

It's a propaganda phrase that Republicans have been instructed to use. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #15

If they had any common sense they'd try getting an education instead of relying on slogans and idiots. Ping Tung Yesterday #17

Because it's much better than intelligence, reason, and logic. no_hypocrisy 23 hrs ago #18

Oh, like "common sense gun control"? Fla_Democrat 21 hrs ago #19

It shuts down debate. maxsolomon 21 hrs ago #21

In truth canetoad 20 hrs ago #22

One dimensional thinking. Xolodno 19 hrs ago #23