Sometimes you just can't tell the difference. I guess we ought not prosecute stupidity.

Constantly assessing Republicans that way- are they actually evil, or just stupid?

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Damn, this young woman is brilliant. May she forever fight for the people!

I square Donald Trump up to stupid & malicious.

Cluster B disorder.

The GOP prefers politicians who use terms like "peach tree dish" and "gazpacho police." They don't understand someone who is actually smart and has a real vocabulary.

Is she pregnant or did she gain weight> too much Tequila..

Maybe just focus on what she says. Or shut up.

Liberals and their big words. And knowledge of history, science, philosophy, etc. etc.

I reeeeeeealy need to get used to good natured sarcasm again. I read your comment and went one way and then it dawned on me, OH YEAH!

Ha!

Right? It’s weird.

Same.

It’s fun to apply this though.

“Liberals and their big words”. Trump claims through unadorned speech that he “has all the best words”. Using a lexicon “big words” means that person is well educated and well read. That is a good thing.

Missed the sarcasm, he did? Yoda

We’re shameless.

How dare you not consider that MAGAs' ignorance is just as good as Liberals'/Real Conservatives' knowledge!

Gosh dang it. I wish I could vote for @aoc.bsky.social so hard. Maybe I should move back to the east coast 🤔

The GOP did not understand a word of this.

It a fair universe, AOC would be president and Trump would be imprisoned.

You need a modification to Hanson’s razor. That’s only true if all things given are equal. They’re not. These stupid people are being manipulated in their stupidity by forces composed entirely of malice. So stupid people being controlled by malicious forces are the exception to Hanlon’s razor.

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She’s the best

I’m warming up to AOC. She’s smart and tough. It’ll be interesting to watch her

Hadn’t heard of Hanlon’s razor. Stealing that.

One of my absolutely favorite social "laws"

i love it when hanlon’s razor comes up! always playing second fiddle to occam but also very useful!

I didn't know it was called that tbh #TIL

well i only know because i once googled “are there any other razors besides occam’s?”

Someone who paid attention in college. :-)

AOC has gotten so good at this. 👏👏👏

She’s so good!

Hi, AOC. I found some pictures of the people Trump is going to use to perform ideological and ethnic cleansing.Everything’s right out in the open. Nothing’s being hidden. We figure we can take out at least a few of these Nazis before they kill us. That’s our hope, anyhow.

And you just lost 90%of America because they did not understand any of the words you used.

Hey, let's talk... medium.com/@tonygoldenp...

The key thing, though, is that once malice has been confirmed, you need to stop giving the benefit of the doubt.

Well, this is meant to start the conversation wether it's better to ignore the intention when a practical reason will get in the way long before you can prove that bad intentions are at work. Though sometimes it's easier to prove bad intentions before stupidity gets in the way when subject to a lie.

AOC is the perfect daughter-in-law we all dream about; a smart, young, beautifully articulated woman with a killer smile and a weaponized sense of repartee. My sons are a disappointment 😞

"President Trump" 🙄

Soon President Ocasio-Cortez

Maybe 🤷‍♂️ she's already becoming more centrist by the day & well see what's left of America after Trump.

What? …it’s pretty common to refer to a former president as “President ____”, especially when you are referring to acts they did as president. I don’t know what the house rules are regarding it, but I HIGHLY doubt it’s a sign she’s becoming centrist…

Fuck it call em your orange daddy for all I care. 🤭

Totally agree. If anything it was to preempt the inevitable focus on not calling him that

I would LOVE the opportunity to vote for her in 2028!

Right!? Hated that she said that, but I get it (still sux)

It's frustrating all the people want is unapologetic leadership not careful thoughtful convos. 🙄 if she keeps adopting civility she not gonna make it.

She was talking about an action he took when he was, indeed, president. That wasn’t her being civil, just historically correct.

Everyone should just call him Trump. 🤷‍♂️ he's clearly a criminal & should be in jail

They should not use his name at all. Call him 45

I disagree. Whenever they talk about something bad he did they should put his name to it.

In this context w AOC, no

It's also useful to remember Grey's Law: any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

AOC in 2028!

Wow. That sums up nicely many in trumps MAGA base but not as good a fit for the orange swine himself. He is sustained by malice.

I love this woman!!!!

OMG! @aoc.bsky.social . So smart and so hot! Whay aren't pther establishment DEMs like her? She is the future.

I've been saying something like this for years. Except my version is just... "These people are fucking idiots."

A politician who knows about Hanlon's razor, be still my beating heart.

exactly...and that pisses the GOP off even more...a woman of color very obviously smarter than they are.

The effort those dimwits went to in order to convince their even stupider followers that AOC is dumb has been astounding to watch. I mean, you don't have to know her, just listen to her speak a single time and you see she's sharp as a tack. If you can't tell that, YOU are the one who's dumb.

They train their followers with disinformation early on, making hard (if not impossible) for them to change their opinion of her later. They assume she will seek higher office, and this pre-work pays off down the road.

This. Their game is to create a captive audience isolated off from reality inside a thought bubble. Everything they do is towards this purpose.

Mike Judge nailed this in Idiocracy.

Since our government is based on checks and balances... Due to Trump stuffing the supreme court, we now need a check/balance on the supreme court. How would we go about that???? Is it even possible?

TRUTH

They may have cut off their own noses, but the motive was pure malice. Here's my cool Alameda County 2020 Census tote. We were ready to count unhoused people at our shower program and in the encampments, but T and Wilbur Ross cancelled our plans by making an address necessary to be counted.

What is the full story that this post references?

Replacement for aunty Pelosi

She’ll grow into it

But remember that the stupid can also be malicious, especially if someone exposes their stupidity.

God I wish I was 20 years younger to witness her become the first woman president in this god forsaken country

Don’t go away!! She Will be our President one day

I hope it doesn’t take that long.

She knows better than to run. She’s over qualified for the job and she knows it.

I do think there is plenty of both in power right now. Stupidity does not preclude or excuse malice

Can we start "educating" by understanding how the economy really works?

I wonder if she's sold her Tesla yet?

Really? Do you really wonder? I don't wonder. I'd be SHOCKED if she hadn't. My head might explode.

autos.yahoo.com/aoc-admissio...

Thanks for the update.

autos.yahoo.com/aoc-admissio...

Pretty sure she has

"At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political ideas". A Huxley

Stupid is as stupid does - But malicious behavoir, wrapped in a blanket of ignorance, is still malicious (threatening and hurtful). As stupid as it may sound, or as haphazard it may feel, their strategy is dedicated.

Noble Cause Corruption is corruption caused by the adherence to a teleological ethical system, suggesting that people will use unethical or illegal means to attain desirable goals:

1] a result which appears to benefit the greater good. Where traditional corruption is defined by personal gain [2] noble cause corruption forms when someone is convinced of their righteousness and WILL DO ANYTHING WITHIN THEIR POWER to achieve the desired result (stupidly or not).

They’re not demonic. They’re merely imbeciles.

She should be president one day.

In a perfect world, she would be president now! 😒

She's just now eligible. (You have to be 35.)

I can see the looks on MTG and BoeButt!

AOC needs to be the leader of the Dems and she should be our candidate in 2028. Period.

She’s very talented and charismatic, has exemplary leadership qualities, but I’d like some foreign relations experience in her portfolio before she’d take on a run for the White House.

She would be a great president. But the bottom line is can she win? Pete Buttigieg would be a great president, but can he win? Unfortunately, our country just can’t handle a woman or a gay man.

I hear you (sigh). We have a very deep bench if our backward country could just manage to bring itself into the 21st century. Shapiro is Jewish. AOC, Kamala, Whitmer are women. Moore and Jeffries are black. Maybe they could handle Beshear?

Pete can win:

I’d love that. Part of me thinks so, too. But, then again, a larger part of me thought Kamala was going to win.

Did she criticized Israel more than Iran for what's going on right now in the Levant?

*ahem* FUCK ISRAEL as long as the fascists in Likud are in control of it. Netanyahu is a loathsome criminal and everyone in Likud should be behind bars for the genocide they have conducted. Just like how everyone in the Bush admin should be in prison for the Iraq genocide. Also fuck IRGC.

Define fascists

Far-right, ultranationalist authoritarians characterized by centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, suppresion of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation/Ur-race, and strong regimentation of society/economy.

All of which describe the current state of Netanyahu's Israel to the letter.

Yes. Or at least part of the ticket.

With all due respect, I believe we're going to need an FDR. I believe that AOC is this generation's FDR.

I agree that she is immensely talented, leans the right way ideologically and is the kind of person we need to meet the moment. That said, there’s still a lot of misogyny out there and a lot of fear mongering re democratic socialism. She will have to navigate those & so far she’s shown adeptness

She unfortunately would be trashed as left extreme. As much as I think she is awesome.

That’s one of my fears. Unless the whole party moved leftward and it gets more normalized. I mean look what happened at the right. But don’t know if that’s in the cards, honestly.

Well if DOGE does what it plans on and adds P2025 Related to SS, ACA, a lot of Americans will be in a world of hurt. Difficult to see if they could actually pull it all off with such a close House And might decide that a little leftist socialism might not be a bad thing I do worry about SC.

And prices will skyrocket. There’s just no way these tariffs don’t hurt consumers and backfire massively through retaliatory measures. Once ppl feel it in their pockets & cost of living, they will shift. Maybe if privacy is circumvented too, military deployed, etc.

Don’t get me started. I tried to explain who would really pay. All I heard was “he’s punishing and taxing other countries”. Brainwashed. I could not get through. Dems have got to build an effective social media offense

That is undoubtedly part of the problem. It’s branding (figure out who you are & stick to it) and messaging (build an ecosystem, reach out to people where they are digitally and otherwise, and find effective ways to channel the messaging so that it reaches everyone, not just cable watchers).

I think they will do some harm unfortunately. Not sure if entirety of ACA will be rolled back but they will do cuts and for those of us in education, they’re definitely coming for it. SCOTUS is a real concern. I fear Obergefell is next, trans & immigrant rights will be set back decades

I have a personal stake in preexisting condition. I fully expect that will be targeted. I feel like we are going backwards. He will solidify a right wing SC. Thomas and Alito may step down early. Yes on the rest. Sigh.

And when we’re ready, we have to talk to other people, not the MAGAts, but the folks that are disillusioned, who stayed home or didn’t vote top of ticket. I recognize that I have to do a better job of listening. Because we can get them back and we’re going to need them.

I feel like we all have stakes with that. This is the only developed country where people worry about that or go bankrupt for getting cancer. A disgrace. SCOTUS will have long term effects. But. We have to fight back & find hope & joy in building community with each other.

Don’t know if you saw this article. thehill.com/opinion/camp... “Simply put, Democrats no longer have enough non-extremists to stop their stampede by the lemmings of the left.” My response: Simply put, GQP no longer have non-extremists. They are full MAGA. Don’t see dems flying left yet.

As much as AOC may not be viable, I don’t see a path with someone like Newsom either who is more establishment based. We need someone young, edgy, authentic, someone with the air of an outsider at this moment to speak to the disillusionment with the status quo.

Absolutely but not sure who.

It’s still early. Remember, Obama came seemingly out of nowhere in 2007. There may be even folks (Senators, Govs) who haven’t had the chance to step up and shine yet.

The “lemmings” of the left? Yeah, that article is really biased. Biden succumbed to the left? Really? No Medicare for All, no push for more universal programs, capitulation to Manchin & Synema on BBB. If anything, they’ve tried center-right over & over and it’s failed.

Agreed. And Harris didn’t in her campaign.

They didn’t adequately acknowledge people’s pain & anger which Trump tapped into again. He was blaming immigrants and trans people, and we didn’t fight back to say, no, actually, it’s the rich and the “trickle down” bs but that would require standing up to the corporate interests that back Dems too

The issue there is she had a good agenda but they backed off price gouging and they lacked a cohesive story to tie it all together so that it felt more like checking off boxes. They never went after the corporate interests, the ever widening wealth gap, the billionaire oligarchy.

Absolutely, misogyny remains a terrible force for injustice in America. However, I think AOC's authenticity will break through that barrier. With respect to Vice President Harris, her mistake wasn't being a woman, it was running to the Right politically that doomed her.

I fully agree. Get those corporate consultants and Super PAC $$$ as far away as possible. I hope she is the one. She is the most talented and authentic one there is. & a new gen waiting in the wings w/ her, Garcia, Crockett. I hope they don’t get stifled and get the chance to lead the way

Or whatever follows the Dems. We are in a period of massive change, and I’m not convinced either party will come out the other side.

@aoc.bsky.social ...and always remember, it could be both!

That's Halon's Razor? I thought it was Trump's PR motto

Is there a collary "never ascribe to malice what can be attributed to avarice"? I feel like it may more accurately describe the other half the Right at the moment.

I feel like it’s about 30% mad true believers (malice—the Seven Mountains creeps and the like) and 70% venal grifters (the avarice coalition—who are also spineless in the face of Trumpy retribution). All of them awful beyond words.

I don't want you to be right, but this may hit it on the head.

I agree. Trump is dumb.

“Is this malice or stupidity?” “A little from column A, a little from columnB.”

If I were potus & lied to everyone by telling them they can't leave the solar system or a dragon will eat them while because i want to trap them here it will take longer for people to get there & learn how dumb it is before they learn my intentions? It could go either way when subject to lies.

TY, I needed this 🙏

Brilliant example !!

Oh god. I just realised I'm the guy on the right.

Common sense

I love Hanlon’s Razor, it guides so much of my responses to bad decisions!

I like checking for ignorance first. Then move on to one or both of unteachable or malicious. Sometimes you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it smart.

What happens when it's both malicious and stupid? America already touched the stove in 2016 now it's grabbing it whole handed and will still cry when it's burned in 2028.

Words to live by!

Clarks Law: Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

There is a point where the stupidity becomes intentional and malicious.

This is the reason why I think Hanlon's Razor is a fallacy, because in politics, for the most part, incompetence is intentional.

very good...thank you 👍😅

Thank you again, future president Ocasio-Cortez!

AOC Voted no on support for Ukraine how many times ?

It’s the GOP so you ascribe it to BOTH malice & stupidity.

Yeah, but his supporters don’t know how to read.

Satan recalls on of his demons, GOP mourns:

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This woman running for higher office is every single right winger's worst nightmare. Hell, most Democratic donors worst nightmare too for that matter. Too bad normie Dem voters are too clueless to understand that.

I love her.

My husband and I only want to live long enough to vote for her for President - the first woman President and see it happen! 🤩😍

I hope it happens for us all!

Bark

Nerds among us know this came from Robert A. Heilein's work in 1941 almost 39 years before Hanlon. You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity

I live in the uk, but I really like @aoc.bsky.social A voice of reason in a house of madness.

Like voting for a definition of antisemitism you knew would be used as a a political weapon against legitimate protest? That kind of stupidity? Like disapearing your pronouns on Insta less than 24hrs after losing an election thinking no one world notice? That kind of stupidity? ;/

She is amazing

She is so good at this.

I bet most of those reps in there didn’t understand what she said or meant smh I love when she says thought provoking things eloquently

they didn't....they are proud, these days, of their ignorance and stupidity, it's a badge of honor in the GOP

They are not mutually exclusive. Both can be true and "intelligence* has nothing to do with it. It's cognitive.

They're stupid because they ignorantly believe his throwaway promises will not affect them — they chose to get it wrong — hate is blind to logic.

Those aren't mutually exclusive options.

And this is why they hate her. She doesn't suffer idiots...

love this woman.

Alexandria go for leadership!!

How to describe yourself in 20 words or less. Well done AOC, well done.

How about stupidity AND malice?

I don’t care how she says it, or if she messes up a surname. She’s right. Besides, most magats hearing this will just tilt their heads and say “huh?”

Let's not forget that equally common phenomenon, malicious stupidity - Bannon's Razor. Debit where debit's due.

You bring joy and hope to my life! And humor! We love you!

Seems to be plenty of both going into the incoming administration

This is how leadership looks. This is how leadership sounds. This is what I want. This.

Every day. And yet, this is somehow "radical."

Radical is what France has. This is not radical whatsoever! Lefty yes, radical lefty hell no!

Radically competent! 🧠💪🏻

A smart strong woman who is a force of nature is my favorite kind of leader. ☺️

I totally agree. It comes down to intent, and until someone shows you their intent, you can’t automatically assume.

Hanlon's Razor is one of mantra's I've held for over two decades. It helps when dealing with being frustrated with someone's espoused ideas or behaviour. I think it works closely with the pseudo-quote of Einstein, "Two things are infinite, as far as we know – the universe and human stupidity."

“….and I’m not sure about the universe.”

Tulsi Gabbard is just a Russian tool. U.S $ will be useless. Follow the plot, the GOP willing ignorance, & bold arrogance. Americans are doomed & will be thown into poverty. Putin beat America with a 30 year campaign. Buy physical gold if you want to survive the next 10 years. It's now DOGE & Gold

Love you Alexandra. But I think these are malicious people.

...hay!...don't blame that shit on me!...yes, I'm joking...& yes, my last name is Hanlon...

DOGE is an opportunity to show MAGA base how dangerous it is to their own livlihood to have to billionaires destroy corporate accountability and the institutions Americans have fought and died for..the average worker will not see a dime from this destruction and workers rights will take a major hit

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Amen

Every time AOC speaks, MTG gets another grey hair and wart on her face.

Nothing uglier than a jealous climber.

😄 for real!

Your sexism is showing, bro.

Ok Doc, would you also like a tutorial? Comparing MTG’s actions, voting against Womens’ Right of her on body. Or her titillating speech on Hunter Biden Porn in Congress with posters magnifying his penis. Or maybe her behavior, and that list is endless.

Your suggestion that my statement is sexists would imply that I making her less because of her gender. In reality, where you do not seem to live, my comment is based in fact as evidenced above, sis. 👌🖕🙀💅

Absolutely, my bad, you should be allowed to share memes about women who you don't like be ugly 'hags' because it's not sexist if you don't like them. But thank you for mansplaining sexism to me. Bro.

Ok Doc, who hurt you? You’re assuming quite a bit that I only share memes on… Bleached Blonde Bad Built Butch Body Women When I also go against KKK members lynching people. Or the Proud Boys walking through Ohio with signs. I’m sure there are some good people in there too, right?

BTW, I am an actually Doc, as I hold a PhD, so thank you for using my correct title.

Oh wait, I know--let's ask Rebecca Solnit or AOC what they think of your comment. Let's do that, shall we? lol.

If you’ve got the connections, by all means. ✌️

And when you reconnect with your PhD in Film, please also connect with authenticity. I’m happy to connect you with a Doctor of Education and Libraries, who can recommend some literature for your research.

I often say I am a big believer in Hanlon's Razor. Glad to see AOC is cool like that too 🙇🏼‍♂️

Republicans: *blank stares*

Exactly!

Yes AOC, that is exactly right. And a close ally is Occam's Razor: after all other possible explanations have been eliminated--regardless of how absurd, dumb or vicious--what remains is the explanation.

That's the Holmes Principle (once the imposdible has been eliminated, what remains, no matter how unlikely, is the truth). Occam's Razor is that the proposition requiring the fewest assumptiins is the most likely to be correct.

Boy, were we miseducated.

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Dems: Don't give those fools a razor. Voters: No No, the price of eggs. Dems: Trump's tariffs will raise the price of eggs. Voters: No no, it's almost WW III. Dems: Are you kidding me? Is this all about nuclear blackmail? Voters: We can be irrational far longer than you can be smart.

I think she's talking about the Magasapien community

OOOOOHhhhhhh. An educated outspoken intelligent woman.... The GOP and The Felon should think twice.

Too often it can be both

Trump's mental state continues to deteriorate !🧠👀

With respect to Hanlon; sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

hanlon's razor is becoming about as useful as godwin's law, anymore

I LOVE THAT WOMAN. Marry me, AOC!

❤️ her

I’m going to love seeing her in action leading the oversight committee.

AOC head of oversight soon 🤞but also mad respect for the masked staffer in the back!

Same!!

It's pretty sad when a select few are cheered on for masking, because not many people do it. ... No one needs that stuff entering their body, and we should not spread illness. Mad respect, indeed

100% Just to meet people where they are, masking isn't hard and you are worth it!

Why do we continue to try to make being dumb ok? It’s not going to be ok for a lot of people and soon we will realize that it hurts everyone! Just because your too dumb to know your in pain doesn’t lessen my pain! 😒😤

I like that AOC

I love her brilliant being .

HEINLEIN’s razor

from THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY Law #1: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

Nice! I love AOC calling out the stupidity that hurts everyone.

Or adolescent behavior.

You nailed it perfectly AOC…

love it. AOC 2028

Why would Trump hold an election?

hopeful thinking. that's all i've got left

The bottom line is @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social must win 2028 full stop because that president will preside over the 2030 census. But, the Democrats shouldn't put another woman at the top of the ticket because white women are 0-2. @aoc.bsky.social

They are right. We had 2 incredibly successful and qualified women at the top of the ticket and millions of democrats either stayed home, voted Trump or left it blank. It was unbelievable that a Democrat would rather have Trump than a very qualified woman. I’m still pissed off.

As much as I would love to see a qualified woman as president, I have to agree with you.

AOC4POTUS28

apply HR to real life by asking "Are you an idiot or an a-hole? pick one because you can't be both" #weaponizedStupidity

She voted for bougus Israeli Antisemitism crap bill that disrespect American Palestinians. She's big POS

Please tell me she will be the first woman President!

Wish we would live in a world where that seemed possible.

We can only dream.....they can't take that away from us!

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Freaking national treasure.

Hanlon’s Razor!

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Sometimes it's most definitely both, though.

all too often.

Hanlon's Razor is no longer adequate. We need Hanlon's Double Edged Razor in which things are attributed to stupidity and malice equally.

lol the truth is it's both

I love her so much, what an absolute lion within those walls.

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How about ascribing it to malicious stupidity?

That’s Heinlein’s Razor.

Heinie Razor lol

Works for me!

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Stay on your horse girl….gonna be a long journey

Oh my god, it’s like the anti mask and vaccine stupidity killed more of trumps followers. Hanlon’s razor, love it!

He’s going to be president through a second census. 🤮

Just please stop calling him president though. He bought the election!! 🗳️😡#forensicaudit

Sorry, ma'am, but it's actually maliciousness.

Hey @aoc.bsky.social Would you (and maybe your followers too) be kind enough to share this so that we might convince Joe to do the right thing before he leaves the building? If you know the story of the One Starfish, you'll know why we must act. ☮🌈💚 www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar... #usa #america

the mask behind AOC does not indicate stupidity, it indicates insanity.

Well I'll be damned. I learned something new today.

Bravo 👏 👏

My favorite “rule of thumb”. How else you think I could work on #google products for 20 years 🤣

These days, I presume malice. I'd rather be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be just stupidity.

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Big believer in this

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I guarantee that not a single one of her conservative colleagues has ever heard of “hanlon’s razor”

I go with incompetence over cleverly fiendish almost 100% of the time.

I’ve loved the term Occam’s Razor and cannot wait to use Hanlon’s razor now. Fantastic 👏👏

Oh vey, this sexy mensch knows stupid, for sure!

Hanlon’s Razor > Occum’s Razor

Razor razor.

Yes, but don't forget Clarke's Second Law: sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

She's correct, but Fox is going to run with: "AOC calls The American People stupid. Tune into Jesse Watters pretending to be a Man's Man at 8 PM!"

Yup

So well transcribed!

This woman is such an effective leader. She and Jasmine Crockett are the people in government that gives me a glimmer of hope for the future.

Had look that one up. Now I understand 👍