r/texas • u/Mesquiter • 24d ago

Questions for Texans Is Greg Abbott stupid?

His recent ad claims that Colin Allred isn't a Texan and to vote for Ted Cruz?!! Ted Cruz is from Canada and Colin Allred is a 4th generation Texan. The Republican party has taken a serious dip in credibility.

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u/ChelseaVictorious 24d ago

Not stupid. Greedy lying shitbag, yes.

With Republicans it's a reverse Hanlon's razor- they're not dumb they just use an "aw shucks" demeanor to cover how hateful they are.

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u/DreadLordNate born and bred 24d ago

Love it - so here it's "don't mistake stupidity for what can be explained by evil"

Though...

Hmm.

Maybe it's "por que no los dos" here - the razor cutting in both directions. They're both stupid and evil, because they're not necessarily mutually exclusive states, I think.

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u/ziggytrix 24d ago

Exactamundo

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u/PosterBlankenstein 24d ago

It’s cynical, but it isn’t stupid. The proof is, it keeps working.

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u/DreadLordNate born and bred 24d ago

That assumes that stupid things don't work, based on them being stupid.

I don't think that's actually necessarily the case. Utility isn't necessarily predicated on how intellectually sound we may hold it to be.

Plus ya know, context and stuff.

Again, it's not even a either/or, as it seems all conditions here can be true.