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[โ€“] MySkinIsFallingOff@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Be careful to attribute malice to actions taken by ignorance".
Something like that, I don't remember the quote correctly.

I'd say as a small counter-argument though, the amount of ignorance required to still support Trump is not something simply to hand wave away.

[โ€“] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 8 points 10 months ago

Hanlon's razor -- "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"