We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to do that when it's considered dangerous, strange, or, by some, offensive. And we should be, all of us, trying to protect that. It's really important.
More Quotes by Jon Lovett
When I was a kid, all I knew about Michael Jackson was that he was crazy. He had a monkey named Bubbles and some kind of oxygen chamber, and he used to be black, but he made himself white, and he was nuts. That was Michael Jackson in full. Wacko Jacko.
When in doubt, mock the powerful, not the powerless.
I personally believe that Donald Trump being elected president is a national emergency and a crisis that stems from a great cascade of failures.
Washington is filled with people making other people's arguments for money.
Life tests our willingness, in ways large and small, to tell the truth.
Sometimes you're going to be inexperienced, naive, untested, and totally right. And then, in those moments, you have to make a choice: is this a time to speak up, or hang back?