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Actor Kinosuke Takezai (46) appeared on ABEMA’s “Urazaka Uraraka” (streamed October 17) and once again stated his long-running personal view that “I hate idiots.” The show is built around anonymous posts to a dedicated “secret account,” where celebrities speak their true feelings without fear of backlash, hosted by Kirin’s Akira Kawashima. On 5ch, the debate wasn’t really about whether the remark itself was right or wrong, but about how exactly to define “idiot” — with users bringing up academic background, behavior, and how people act under anonymity, as everyone chimed in with their own personal theory of “what makes an idiot.”
Popular actor who previously caused a stir with his “I hate idiots” comment boldly reaffirms: “I really do hate idiots”
Actor Kinosuke Takezai (46) appeared on ABEMA’s “Urazaka Uraraka,” streamed on the 17th, and once again confidently laid out his personal view that “I hate idiots.”
The show lets celebrities who are normally afraid to speak their minds for fear of backlash post anonymously to a show-exclusive secret account, with host Akira Kawashima of Kirin leading cast discussions based on those posts.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
We hate the idiots on 5ch too
The world's full of them, so if you start hating them, life gets exhausting
he probably just means he hates playing dumb roles
Now if he rolled up his sleeve and showed off a tattoo while saying that, that'd really land
but he's probably more likely to not even have one
Unless he actually called someone out by name, that is
Most people would probably nod along to that
so is this really about who's saying it?
That's odd… we only have a daughter in our house though
On Shōten (the classic rakugo comedy show) that line would get the comeback "Shut up, you baka!" — playing on how 馬鹿 (baka, "idiot") is literally written with the characters for "horse" and "deer"
Back when the 5th-generation Enraku went by his old stage name Rakutarō, he'd twist it into "Shut up, horse!"
Every idiot thinks they're smart
And most smart people are kind of idiots too, honestly
So really, everyone's an idiot
And idiots are the strongest of all
Honestly, I think I hate the type of idiot who gets competitive like this and stubbornly clings on arguing every little thing someone says, way more than the type who just ignores everything and does their own thing
Technically the exact line is:
"Doesn't it wear you out, how many idiots there've been lately?"
Idiot son: "We only have a daughter though"
Same thing happened with that "99% of tattooed people" comment
The people reacting to this are either the ones who get called idiots all the time themselves, or they're the ones terrified of ever being called that
Grades don't decide everything, but
honestly, people with poor academic performance tend to be idiots in other ways too
Normal people ignore idiots
Smart people put idiots to use
The petty, parasitic scumbags who think they're clever are exactly the ones who love exploiting "useful idiots" the most
Truly intelligent people are more focused on mastering their own craft as specialists
Background and key points of debate
Kinosuke Takezai previously made headlines with remarks like “99% of people with tattoos are…”, and on 5ch this latest “I hate idiots” comment was seen less as a one-off and more as a recurring pattern for him. The show itself is built around celebrities riffing on anonymous posts to a secret account, premised on the idea of “saying what you really think without fear of backlash.” What split opinion in the thread wasn’t so much whether the remark itself was acceptable, but where exactly to draw the line on “idiot” — with academic background, behavior, and conduct under anonymity all raised as separate yardsticks, creating a structure where anyone could plug in their own personal theory of what makes someone an idiot. At the same time, some comments also tied in judgments about the speaker himself and his past history, a classic example of how a celebrity’s remark can easily shift into commentary on the celebrity’s own character. What context or specific anecdote backed up the remark within the show itself isn’t made clear by the original article.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Celebrity] Popular actor who previously caused a stir with his “I hate idiots” comment boldly reaffirms: “I really do hate idiots”“.
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