In considering the arrest of Massachusetts Senator Diane Wilkerson, Jay uses the word most people come around to when someone famous gets nabbed for something: dumb.
Is Wilkerson or just convicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens dumber than drunk drivers, smokers, or overweight McDonald’s eaters?* Seems to me Wilkerson and Stevens might be playing better odds with less at risk.
That doesn’t make it right, but it’s certainly not as dumb. It makes us feel better to overlook our own idiocy and highlight it in others, apparently.
*I’m not condescending, I've been all three to wildly varying degrees and know that I was dumb.
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