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Edited to replace original incorrect Herzog attribution with my own version that correctly attributes the quote
Note:
He never said that. This quote is from William Pannapacker, a professor of American literature at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/werner-herzog-germany-quote/
This is how you remind me?
This is wow you remind me
That's my favourite Dr. Who quote
wow
Audibly laughed!
It's nice to imagine Werner's voice saying it though
It's nice to imagine him saying anything at all...dude could brutally roast me and I'd be like that was beautiful sir.
It's gruesome, isn't it? When I was young, I used to believe that people were, for the most part, decent. Misled, often, stupid, very often; but good at heart. Now, I'm convinced that a good third of our society is broken and a third of our society is blind to anything that doesn't affect them.
It was a strange feeling when I reached an age and realized that most people I know didn’t meet the standards of what I thought should be a good person.
Good people make mistakes, often repeatedly. Great people eventually learn something.
None of what you describe is necessarily mutually exclusive. You can be broken, misled, misinformed, and stupid, while still being good at heart.
I think that everyone is blind to something. Some of us are less so than others. Growing up in this world will do that to a person. Shit happens to everybody. Some of us are better equipped than others to handle it, while others are not.
if it makes you feel any better you were wrong and it was always fucked up. the difference between now and when you were young is that you're more aware now.
“10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.” -Susan Sontag
Germans are waking up to that as well at the moment.
I've been awake for a while and have been forced to watch the slow move towards it over the decades.
Good thing there's always nature to take your mind off the topic of totally preventable tragedies caused by profit seeking and complacency.
This has been reported for violating rule 2: "No misinformation", as the quote was misattributed.
The full rule:
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
OP admitted they didn't double check the author of the quote. This means it was not intentional.
Leaving it up.
People of Earth, you are waking up, as our advanced space-faring race once did...
-- Gul Dukat
Dukat 2024 -- Make Cardassia Great Again
Werner Herzog's "Aguirre: the Wrath of God" is on !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee here: https://lemmy.world/post/17030774
I kinda hate this framing because it makes it seem inevitable and ever-present. Even on the right it's more like 5% true hate, 28% normal Republican who does not find true hate disqualifying. There's plenty of reason to discredit that or disagree with it etc but it's not the same as being in the 5%.
I was just listening to an interview with an evangelical who was lesser-of-two-evils on Trump, he'll vote for Trump but he's not a True Believer.
But if the 28% are still voting for the true hate, how does that not make them complicit in what the hateful government is doing? Knowingly voting for the hateful option puts the 28% in the same pen as the 5%.
he’ll vote for Trump but he’s not a True Believer.
If you support fascists, you are a fascist. Period.
I guess I am in the murderous third. If I could Thanos snap the MAGA out of existence, I would not hesitate.
