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Originally posted by AaronM
Then why did you post it?
I commented about the masses being blinded by stupidity and you replied with:
"Wlo are "the masses"? All the people who disagree with us?"
This implies that you are suggesting that people who disagree with "us" are stupid. I'm not the one who narrowed it down to people who disagree....You are.
Do you disagree with this?
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Yes, I disagree. Most of the time people use the term "the masses" to refer to the large group of people who disagree with them. Usually "the masses" are considered to be the large, ignorant group of rabble who have an opinion different than "I" who somehow haven't the intellect to be influenced by the same writings and philosophies as "we". Moreover, "the masses" usually don't have access to the same information as "I" and are probably "victims of propaganda" or alternatively have been "brainwashed" - sometimes both.
I don't actually use the term myself - other than this thread, of course.