Jackass
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In Notes on Democracy, American satirist H. L. Mencken places political leaders into two categories: the demagogue, whom "preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots" and the demaslave, "who listens to what these idiots have to say and then pretends that he believes it himself." Mencken depicts politicians as "men who have sold their honor for their jobs." The book contains the notable quotes from Mencken that "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." and that "Democracy, too, is a religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses." |
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A jackass is a male donkey.
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Jackass may also refer to:
In entertainment:
- Jackass (TV series)
- Jackass: The Movie, 2002
- Jackass Number Two, 2006 film
- Jackass 2.5, a DVD release
- Jackass: The Game, a video game
- Jackass Mail, film
- Jackass 3D, film
In music:
- "Jack-Ass" (song), by Beck
- "Jackass" (Green Day song), a track from Green Day's 2000 album Warning
- "Jackass", a song by Bloodhound Gang from the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
In geography:
- Jackass Aeropark, an airport
- Jackass Ski Bowl, ski resort, now Silver Mountain (Idaho)
- Jackass Mountain, an infamous stretch of the Cariboo Road through the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia, Canada
- Jackass Flats, Nevada, former nuclear-test site
Other:
- Jackass penguin, an alternative name for the African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus
- Laughing jackass, a bird, now Laughing Kookaburra
- Jackass morwong, a fish, the tarakihi
- Jackass-barque, ship type
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