[High Praise! to Moe Lane via NRO]
Politics has a math of its own. Whereas a scientifically minded person might see things this way: One person who says 2+2=5 is an idiot; two people who think 2+2=5 are two idiots; and a million people who think 2+2=5 are a whole lot of idiots – political math works differently. Let’s work backwards: if a million people think 2+2=5, then they are not a million idiots, but a “constituency.” If they are growing in number, they are also a “movement.” And, if you were not only the first person to proclaim 2+2=5, but you were the first to persuade others, then you, my friend, are not an idiot, but a visionary.
I’m totally using this next time I have to explain to a “progressive” co-worker how liberalism is a study in futility. I guess I’ll need to take crayons and puppets with me to do it right.
I couldn’t agree more. ~ O’Brien, Room 101.
I learned in calculus that 2 + 2 = 5 as 2 approaches 2.5
2+2=5 …. for unusually high values of “2”
@4 blarg
i learned it as “for sufficiently large values of 2”
You’re all wrong!
It’s only true for sufficiently small values of 5.
convincing people is easy if you’re a politician.
“you are all entitled to 2+2 dollars. If you agree with me that 2+2=5 then you get $5 otherwise you get $4. Oh, we’re also instituting a new $5 math tax. If you only have $4 you’re now a criminal and will go to jail.
@7 – 2+2 pieces of Bacon to you, sir! ~~~~~
Math is racist and sexist and probably speciesist as well.
Actually in a marxists mind 2+2 = 10 because all things must be equal.
Therefore 2 = 1+1 so 2+2 = 1+1+1+1 and since singling out the + as not being a number is racist, you must make them all the same, so the + must be broken down to ll. therefor 1ll1ll1ll1 =10! See how the marxist mind works!
You need to understand how liberal math works. 2+2 doesn’t necessarily equal 4 or 5. It equals whatever makes you feel good at the moment.
If a million people say that 2+2=5, then that’s a consensus, by God. Hey, it works for Global Warming.