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Stupid Has Gone Mainstream
Stupidity is the new black
Turn on any news channel. Switch on talk radio. Fire up your social media feed. Stupid has gone mainstream.
According to writer and journalist Andrew Scott, aka Otto English, stupidity is the new black and I kind of agree with him. The 21st-century is shaping up to be stupidity’s golden age.
“Stupid” is the most common pejorative in the American lexicon. This comes as no surprise as the words “stupid” and “stupidity” have been around since at least the mid-16th century.
People performing stupid acts have been around long before society figured out a word to describe, well, stupid acts. Although there are plenty of “stupid” people doing stupid things, the word “stupid” today isn’t staying true to its original meaning, today it’s generally geared towards those with a differing opinion.
Having a difference of opinion doesn’t make a person “stupid.” “Supidity” is usually subjective; a person’s intellect is usually a subjective opinion from another person, sometimes it’s from a fellow stupid person. Ironically enough, the so-called “stupid” people don’t believe they themselves are “stupid.”
Some people would go as far as to claim, “‘stupidity’ is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice.” A…
