One of the most striking things about modern America: playing dumb to look smart. We see it all the time. Acosta didn’t “lay hands” on her! It was one hand! He didn’t lay it!
There was an interesting example at Mizzou. A protester pushing someone but saying “I'm just walking ahead here. Don’t I have the right to walk ahead?” Playing dumb.
I think the logic is: see my mastery with words, applaud my control of narrative. It seems like an outgrowth of the “There is no truth only competing narratives “ nonsense.
Althouse on the rake. Great tag line.
Stupidity is not a social construct
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