The Big Media Megaphone just loves the stupid. And it seems if you blare enough stupid out into the atmosphere it saturates everything. We all eat it, breathe it, regurgitate it.
It's all just too much stupid. And we are getting stupider. No doubt. Wired, connected, on-line and fucking stupid.
We can turn the Megaphone off. Stuff our ears. Pick up a book and actually read it, or sit in silence, or change the subject.
Live outside the herd for awhile. It's a little less crowded and less stupid.