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hlthe2b

(102,225 posts) Mon Nov 25, 2019, 08:58 PM Nov 2019

Always a prescient quote from Mark Twain...

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Always a prescient quote from Mark Twain... (Original Post) hlthe2b Nov 2019 OP

Twain fan here: My Corollary to his quote StClone Nov 2019 #1

Foolish people are easily deceived by a good con job kimbutgar Nov 2019 #2

I have a love/hate relationship with Twain... Harker Nov 2019 #3

"It's easier to fool people... alterfurz Nov 2019 #4

StClone

(11,683 posts)

1. Twain fan here: My Corollary to his quote

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2019, 11:37 PM

Nov 2019

"Don't argue with an idiot* you'll always lose."

* My question is are they really idiots? I spent the weekend at a wedding in rural Iowa surrounded by somewhat quiescent Trumpistas and I had to ask my self, "what is wrong with these people?" They can't be be that stupid.