stupid, n.

[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 1, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Another adj. > n.
>
> HBO's _The Newsroom_ last Sunday had a journalist explain in frustration
> that the mission of the Fourth Estate has become "to tell truth to stupid."
>
> Instead of to powerful.
>
Or instead of "speak truth to power", which I associate with Anita Hill but I'm sure has a much longer legacy.  Some associate it with the Quakers.  But is there a known origin?

LH

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