Birdie Jay: Like Miles said, I’m a truth-teller. Some people can’t handle it.

Benoit Blanc: It’s a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth.

It’s not the first time this has been noticed.

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

Charles Bukowski

And definitely something Oregon has seen played out in countless activist and activism groups that have proposed, and driven through, dramatic, major policy change – which has turned out to be as disastrous as many experts predicted.