The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.  –  (attributed to Edmund Burke)

People of good will can (and do) disagree on fundamental issues.  And most people are genuinely people of good will.  Be they liberal or conservative, they’re reasonable folk.  We’re not concerned with those people here.

This site is for those folks who are out on the ends of the bell curve.  People who hold extreme ideas – and want to have the rest of us live our lives they way they decide – often while they fall short themselves.  People who value their opinion over reality, and insist they be taken seriously, no matter how wrong they may be.   People who prefer jingoism, name-calling, and profiling to developing an informed point of view.

Stupid people.

The easy thing to do is to ignore the stupid – to let it slide, because really – who actually believes that kind of thing?   Unfortunately, that’s how stupid wins.

The alternative is to call it out.  Shine a light on it.   And laugh at it (when it doesn’t make you want to cry).  Work to…

#stampoutstupid