Something that bothers me about this, not even including the causation fallacy that you only sort of address, is the labeling of people.
By labeling people you take away their humanity in your mind. In that you are joining the great "us and them" mentality that you despise.
Essentially, by using the term "Smartland" you really mean people that are either like you, that you can generally agree with or at least tolerate, and insinuate the idea of there being a "Supidland" which I find humorous for some reason.
More importantly, by grouping people like that, a line in the sand is drawn, and a person reading your statement has to categorize themselves on one side or the other. The fact it is, it's a sort of trap, because which side are most people going to want to belong to, Stupidland or Smartland? Obviously, there is plenty of room in between. Absolutes rarely exist.
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Date: 2005-11-02 04:25 pm (UTC)By labeling people you take away their humanity in your mind. In that you are joining the great "us and them" mentality that you despise.
Essentially, by using the term "Smartland" you really mean people that are either like you, that you can generally agree with or at least tolerate, and insinuate the idea of there being a "Supidland" which I find humorous for some reason.
More importantly, by grouping people like that, a line in the sand is drawn, and a person reading your statement has to categorize themselves on one side or the other. The fact it is, it's a sort of trap, because which side are most people going to want to belong to, Stupidland or Smartland? Obviously, there is plenty of room in between. Absolutes rarely exist.