PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
There were stories we were told as children that were designed to teach a lesson.
"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye klæder) is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent – while in reality, they make no clothes at all, making everyone believe the clothes are invisible to them. When the emperor parades before his subjects in his new "clothes", no one dares to say that they do not see any suit of clothes on him for fear that they will be seen as stupid. Finally a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" The tale has been translated into over 100 languages. "
Frankly, I couldn't believe that the population of that country could be convinced to either pretend they saw the 'invisible clothes,' or that the population were such cowards that they would lie an claim to see them.
I believe it now.
Huge numbers of seemingly intelligent folks claim to see the totally imaginary 'institutional racism,' and 'white privilege' leading the riots.
Is it 'mob psychology' or simple cowardice????
"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye klæder) is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent – while in reality, they make no clothes at all, making everyone believe the clothes are invisible to them. When the emperor parades before his subjects in his new "clothes", no one dares to say that they do not see any suit of clothes on him for fear that they will be seen as stupid. Finally a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" The tale has been translated into over 100 languages. "
The Emperor's New Clothes - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Frankly, I couldn't believe that the population of that country could be convinced to either pretend they saw the 'invisible clothes,' or that the population were such cowards that they would lie an claim to see them.
I believe it now.
Huge numbers of seemingly intelligent folks claim to see the totally imaginary 'institutional racism,' and 'white privilege' leading the riots.
Is it 'mob psychology' or simple cowardice????