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Shall we redefine irony?
Shooter, of all people, notes that people are gullible and disinclined to think to hard about issues but rather respond to mindless slogans.
He is basically correct.
For anyone who doubts this is the case,we need only hold shooter himself up as a representative sample.
Credit where credit is due, he is basically correct. His problem is that he regards ignorance as a virtue so public apathy is seen as a feature, not a bug.