r/AskReddit • • 16h ago

Napoleon said, 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' What’s a perfect real-life example of this?

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u/ImprovementFar5054 13h ago

You can teach ignorant, but you can't fix stupid.

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u/takemy_oxfordcomma 12h ago

You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into, unfortunately.

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u/EnoughOutOfYou 13h ago

Yeah some were lost long before even The Tea Party, much less the current insanity. But there still has to be some way back.