“Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere curiosity as a character defect. Beware of anyone who questions your motives while ignoring your facts. When someone calls you bad names merely for asking questions, it suggests they know the answer but are terrified to admit it.” KnowsCharacterFactsNamesAnswersHonestAskingCuriosityMotiveSincereTerrifiedDefectsAsking QuestionsReframing Author:Jim Goad
“I still partially suffer from the delusion that if you explain things logically and systematically, most people will abandon their emotional prejudices and respond to logic. But I don't suffer from that delusion as wholeheartedly as I did in the past. So if there's a fundamental difference, it's that I've accepted the fact that most imbeciles will never 'get' me and I shouldn't allow myself to get so upset about it.” PeopleIfsStillsFactsPastSufferingDifferencesEmotionalLogicPrejudiceFundamentalsAcceptedUpsetDelusionAbandonWholeheartedlyImbeciles Author:Jim Goad
“the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment.” StillsWholeFactsNationsFashionAlternativesUnemploymentCoalAngstWoodyMiningBardsCoal Mining Book:The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies Hicks and White Trash Becames America's Scapegoats Source: The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies Hicks and White Trash Becames America's Scapegoats
“Many of the racial problems in America are caused by the fact that people are innately tribal, and politicians know how to exploit that biological fact.” PeopleKnowsFactsProblemAmericaKnow HowPoliticianExploits Author:Jim Goad
