Out of all of ’s smug thought-terminating cliches this one has got to be the worst. Everything they agree with is “common sense” and everyone who disagrees with them lacks it. No need to critically analyze anything you believe, even for two seconds to consider whether or not this “”““common sense””“” actually makes sense at all (why would you need to get rid of the GOP to push the Democrats left? If the Dems had no actual competition and thus no pressure to win your votes wouldn’t they just do whatever the hell they felt like doing??? Never mind the idea of “voting out the GOP” as if half the country wasn’t firmly entrenched red districts). No, I’m always correct, so if you disagree with me you lack common sense.
The “yeah but X is hard” cliche is certainly reddity. Claiming authority over what counts as common sense, well I’ve heard that from all types of people. Heard it plenty in the Southern US arguing with conservatives. Anyone might whip that phrase out when, upon being pushed to justify a political view in the mildest way, they realize they have only a gut feeling or simple programming passed from their parents.
Out of all of
’s smug thought-terminating cliches this one has got to be the worst. Everything they agree with is “common sense” and everyone who disagrees with them lacks it. No need to critically analyze anything you believe, even for two seconds to consider whether or not this “”““common sense””“” actually makes sense at all (why would you need to get rid of the GOP to push the Democrats left? If the Dems had no actual competition and thus no pressure to win your votes wouldn’t they just do whatever the hell they felt like doing??? Never mind the idea of “voting out the GOP” as if half the country wasn’t firmly entrenched red districts). No, I’m always correct, so if you disagree with me you lack common sense.
-Oscar Wilde, probably
The “yeah but X is hard” cliche is certainly reddity. Claiming authority over what counts as common sense, well I’ve heard that from all types of people. Heard it plenty in the Southern US arguing with conservatives. Anyone might whip that phrase out when, upon being pushed to justify a political view in the mildest way, they realize they have only a gut feeling or simple programming passed from their parents.
“Stop applying logic!” is another one in this vein