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Charny85
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Any refusal to recognize reality, for any reason whatever, has disastrous consequences. There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.
“The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.”
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“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”
― The Thomas Sowell Reader
― The Thomas Sowell Reader
“Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.”
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“Broadcasting is being replaced by narrowcasting. The difference is that broadcasting speaks to a mixed public, exposing them to a range of views. Narrowcasting speaks to a targeted public and exposes them only to facts and opinions that support their prejudices. It fragments a public into a set of sects of the like-minded.”
― Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
― Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
“Banning weapons is the most white privilege idea ever. Rich liberals scoffing at the idea that a person might need to defend their own life is a tower so ivory you can't look at it in direct sunlight. It's the personal safety equivalent of "just have the maid do it.”
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