#of intelligence

[itsmythang]

Last night in LA… Nightmare fuel on a freeway wall.

This administration has made us a laughing stock and a nightmare at the same time.

[sanjarka]

“did they say the charges?”

“disrupting the peace or something. and you know, ‘no peace, no anything.’”

my mind races. disrupting the peace isn’t sedition. they can lay that on you for getting drunk and busting up a few bottles, which happens all the time in 12. it’s not like she’s part of some big conspiracy, so, hopefully, they won’t use methods to force her to talk. just view her as an emotional sixteen-year-old whose boyfriend got reaped.

vs.

“listen up. you’re in trouble. word is the capitol’s furious about you showing them up in the arena. the one thing they can’t stand is being laughed at and they’re the joke of panem,” says haymitch.

i feel dread coursing through me now, but i laugh as though haymitch is saying something completely delightful because nothing is covering my mouth. “so, what?”

“your only defense can be you were so madly in love you weren’t responsible for your actions.” haymitch pulls back and adjusts my hairband. “got it, sweetheart?”

[stars-quill]

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

[contagiousgrace]

People are responding to a nuanced article I shared with no reading comprehension.