Confident stupidity is the defining trait of the modern GOP - ThreadSky

pithywidow.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Confident stupidity is the defining trait of the modern GOP

oh my god -- Comer thinks "editorial standards" literally refers to standards for editorials and is corrected by the NPR head

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im1voice.bsky.social•4 days ago

Especially on this subcommittee. Greene, Comer, Jordan

totteringtimes.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s impossible to convince a dead man, that he’s dead. In the same way, you can’t convince a stupid man, that he’s stupid.

nekodad.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's got an agenda and he spoke it. Nothing was going to change that. He latched onto a word thinking it was one thing and when corrected he does what any dumbass R does and quadrupled down to assert stupid dominance

phgoldstein.bsky.social•4 days ago

Anti-Intellectualism in America by Richard Hofstadter. Good read.

medinabot.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ignorant white trash illustrates why everyone thinks GOP is the party of ignorant white trash.

jamieschecter.bsky.social•4 days ago

at least he is consistent....

sladejwilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Its belligerent stupidity.

geonetics.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's always greed

57thtom.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah. The Comer Pile show is funny, in a sad kind of way.

t0nye.bsky.social•4 days ago

Belligerent stupidity.

radicalrealism.bsky.social•4 days ago

I prefer bombastic sanctimony. Yes it's a mouthful, but "bombastic" captures the simping performative quality of their speechifying w/o crediting them w/ a pure virtue like "confidence," & "sanctimony" doesn't exonerate them of responsibility the way "stupidity" does.

nussforus.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s reverse alchemy. Taking something valuable and turning it into worthless junk

hoopbears.bsky.social•4 days ago

bseadeer.bsky.social•4 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

boxerdogdad.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Confident stupidity” is a good term.
I’ve been using “willful ignorance.”

amyceleste.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'd say more arrogant than confident.

jgfreeman2025.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here we go again with ELMER FUDD asking dumbass questions in a loud voice meant to get his point across.

bushidobro.bsky.social•4 days ago

Comer aka Gomer.

donaldlaporte.bsky.social•4 days ago

Comer Pyle

capemaydave.bsky.social•4 days ago

agreed

which is harder to imagine

BEING that stupid

OR

BEING totally unaware one was that stupid

gramophoneman.bsky.social•4 days ago

God these people are stupid

tnbluedottoo.bsky.social•4 days ago

Kudos for your excellent definition!
So embarrassing for NPR CEO Maher to have to try to explain editorial standards to the eternal doofus, winey-ass Comer. I laughed out loud when he yielded back and I realized the chair of this committee circus is none other than MTG, princess of stupid! LOL!

kozochkon.bsky.social•4 days ago

"I don't think..." are the operative words

havlentia.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's more of the attack on expertise by having a hayseed sounding idiot treating a book-learnin' type with contempt.

Owning the libs, y'see.

theexuberantraptor.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes. This country is being run by MAGA morons.

sarasmirks.bsky.social•4 days ago

🎯

tarastelluto.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let's be honest. Comer is very good at not letting witnesses finish a sentence and then blowing off their testimony flippantly like it didn't mean anything. It's a skill, and he's mastered it.

lawrencemoratl.bsky.social•4 days ago

A truer statement has never been made

susanmcgraw88.bsky.social•4 days ago

MTG and Comer are both ignorant. They need to be voted out.

nostalgiavictim.bsky.social•4 days ago

Comer is genuinely not a smart person. He is actually stupid. For a lot of them it’s an act but he really is just a dumb guy.

ronruma.bsky.social•4 days ago

adigitalgirl.org•4 days ago

The incompetence is frightening.

rhwray.bsky.social•3 days ago

If they defund public radio and television, their donations by the public would skyrocket if they don’t bow down to these ignorant clowns.

4mjc.bsky.social•4 days ago

Idiots!

rockwils1.bsky.social•4 days ago

You can't fix stupid.

didonna67.bsky.social•4 days ago

You can but they aren’t interested in doing that.

usmc86.bsky.social•4 days ago

We are in the middle of a NATIONAL SECRETS CRISIS and this stupid, backwoods, country fuck stick is talking about editorials?

YOU FUCKING BITCHES FROM DOGE DON’T SEE THE WASTE IN PAYING THIS ASSHOLE??????