Stupidity

 

 

Stupidity is on the rise,

Please tell me why,

That we are highly educated

I cannot deny.

 

Yet stupidity is rising

And at a very fast pace

And the rights that we desire

Are a disgrace.

 

The right to live a lie

Because of how we feel

And the right to be accepted

Based on our zeal.

 

The right to be me

And to do as I please

And face no repercussions

When others I squeeze.

 

To be tolerated

When I am intolerant

And to be viewed as different

When I am errant.

 

The right to misbehave

And get on really bad

Especially during festive times

Being merry and glad.

 

The right to any gender

If my birth-gender I refuse

And the right to change gender

As often as I choose.

 

Stupidity is stupidity

Only when done by a fool

But if the academic does it

It’s the golden rule.

 

It’s here I introduce

The great Mark Twain

Regarding advice that he gave

To them that are sane. 

 

 

This may seem jovial

But note the gravity here,

When stupidity takes over

Wisdom disappears.

 

Stupidity revels in a lie

But frowns on truth

And will find incredible ways

To source its proof.

 

For every single fact

Has an opposing non-fact

And where truth tightens up

Lies makes slack.

 

It used to be clear-cut

This matter of truth

But since reason went to sleep

Stupidity hit the roof.

 

It is a staple diet

For which many clamour

Instead of the godly-wisdom

They now hammer.

 

There is no doubt

Stupidity is on the rise,

And it is right out in the open

No longer disguised.

 

When stupid is sense

And sense becomes stupid,

We are not going down stream

We are over the rapids.

 

I fear for our children

In this senseless society

When deception is everything

And wisdom is stupidity.

 

Stewart Russell © October 17, 2023

Commonsense

 

 

Good sense and gumption

Reasonableness and judgment

Horse sense and mother wit

Sagacity and discernment

 

Commonsense is basic sense

As in the case of a horse

So that a human being without it

Is an indication he/she is lost.

 

To sink below a horse

In the manner of our reasoning

Is a very dangerous proposition

That is quite disheartening.

 

The fact of its very name

Indicates it should be common

But here it gets most interesting,

It is sadly lacking quite often.

 

Due to stark shortsightedness

It was contrasted with education

But education without commonsense

Is lacking information.

 

In commonsense is education

And education in commonsense

And to separate the two of them

Should be an unlawful offense.

 

Commonsense is now outlawed

And replaced with a pseudo education,

An education that only makes sense

To those with a warped imagination.

 

You may think that I am going mad

Given the argument that I bring

But it seems there is a competition

 

For thinking up the most stupid thing.  

Education is about progress

It is about using our commonsense

But the direction in which it is going

Is absolute nonsense.

 

Which says it is not education

But a horrible lack of commonsense

And so-called educated people

Are rushing to its defense.

 

Commonsense and education

Walk hand in hand always

And if what we do does not improve life

Then the two have parted ways.

 

I am tempted to be specific

But I am urging you on to think

Of the many so-called bright people

Who are leading us to the brink!

 

Commonsense is becoming extinct

And nonsense is taking its place,

Many line at stupidity starting point

To compete in the nonsense race.

 

It’s like the advent of virtual reality

Is of far more significance that the real

And what has been long established

Is now becoming quite stale.

 

Let us accommodate everyone

Regardless of what he/she believes,

And though it be void of commonsense

Let us embrace its appeal.

 

 

It’s like fake news and the factual

Both of these are publicizing the truth,

And what is tremendously amazing…

Both supply undeniable proof.

 

You can now have an exact copy

Of what a person did not say,

Word for word and comma for comma

That’s the new commonsense way.

 

My commonsense is not yours

And your commonsense is not mine,

But both of them are commonsense

Though commonsense of a different kind.

 

We have commonsense that is madness

And commonsense that is not common,

It is high time we define the term

To include the ridiculous and the wanton.

 

Then commonsense would be anything

That the weirdest weirdo would do:

In which case the only commonality would be

It has to be somebody's view.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2019