Even by the standards of New Jersey

 

On Tucker Carlson's show last night (1/28/2022), he referred to Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) as "not the sharpest knife in the drawer" and topped it off with "even by the standards of New Jersey."  I laughed so hard I was afraid I was going to have a bladder leak.  That is such a funny line that from now on, whenever I have to rip some stupid idea, I'm going to characterize it as such "even by the standards of New Jersey".

That opening monologue, by the way, was one of Carlson's best.  If you'd like to review it, it's at TCT 2022-01-28

 

Karl Popper on 'Tolerance'

 

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance.  If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.

"In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies;  as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise.  But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force;  for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument;  they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols.

"We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant."