{"id":63133,"date":"2024-11-17T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=63133"},"modified":"2024-11-18T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:44:02","slug":"fools-fanatics-and-flunkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2024\/11\/fools-fanatics-and-flunkeys.html","title":{"rendered":"Fools, Fanatics, and Flunkeys<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The dodo bird cheered, swaggered, and strutted away.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Tale of the dodo bird adjusted from Facebutt<\/font><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
     The dodo bird said to the tiger, \u201cThe grass is blue.\u201d
     The tiger replied, \u201cNo the grass is green.\u201d
     The discussion heated up, and the two decided to ask the lion, king of the jungle.
      The dodo bird began to shout, \u201cYou Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?\u201d
      The lion replied, \u201cTrue. The grass is blue.\u201d 
       The dodo bird continued, \u201cThe tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me. Please punish him.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>
      The king of the jungle declared, \u201cThe tiger will be punished with four years of silence.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>            <\/strong>
      The dodo bird cheered and swaggered and strutted away.<\/strong> 
     The tiger accepted his punishment but asked the lion, \u201cYour majesty, why have you punished me? After all, the grass is green.\u201d
     The lion replied, \u201cYes, in fact the grass is green.\u201d
     The tiger asked, \u201cSo why are you punishing me?\u201d
     The lion replied, \u201cIt has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a dodo, and on top of that to bother me with such a question.\u201d
      The lion continued, \u201cTo argue with a fanatic fool who does not care about truth or reality, but only about the victory of his beliefs and illusions, is hopeless. These people have no capacity to understand \u2014 no matter how much evidence is presented to them. They are blinded by ego, hatred, and resentment.\u201d<\/strong>
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Dodo bird<\/em>  
[Roelant Savery<\/a>, 1626]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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