That's a good movie scene.
I visited my friends upriver last night, and in the discussion he made reference to 'when the Capitol was attacked' without including the date. I said 'the British in 1812?' That really set him off.
They watch the TV news every night and think I'm uninformed. I remind them of the quote [mis]attributed to Samuel Clemens:
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If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed. | Mark Twain Quote
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I also remind them occasionally:
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As the unknown sage puts it, "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."
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Other sources attribute it to Walter Winchell or Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Quote: I think we lost the moral high ground with first use of nuclear weapons...
...which segues my point about society being responsible for moral failing.
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OTOH it did bring the space/future aliens into the picture.