naivete

• “The no-driving thing, for one, and the fact that he "got the Internet" only two years ago, and he phrases it that way, too -- "Got the Internet," the way parents "use the Google" -- though at times one wonders how much the naivete is shtick.”

  The Washington Post: David Sedaris, sharing his slights-of-life tales

• “Clunky naivete is the hallmark of generic science fiction such as Laurence Gonzalez's novel "Lucy.”

  The Washington Post: "Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales

• “When Jenn made her post, replete in naivete and bluster, I understood where she was coming from.”

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• “Telling people who are outraged that their naivete is mockable is the moral equivalent of telling a teenager with a desire to become an artist that they're better off getting a secretarial job than trying for a scholarship, and they should plan for disappointment.”

  Lead, follow, or get out of the way

• “Knowing today what would soon to become of Germany thereafter, their naivete is chilling.”

  Glad to be Wrong about the Election « Antiwar.com Blog

• “Any attempt by us lowly hoi polloi to influence an “executive” decision is the ultimate in naivete and a ridiculous waste of time and effort.”

  Tell Obama: Dump Gates « Antiwar.com Blog

• “Clinton's critique of Obama's foreign policy naivete is based on two things he said last summer.”

  Too Little, Too Late? - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com

• “Your fake naivete is blatant intellectual dishonesty.”

  Balkinization

• “Whatever, she seems nice and her naivete is a bit charming, really.”

  Vh1 Blog

• “We're not drooling lemmings, mindlessly bleating about the loss of a superstar through his naivete - in other words, we're not stupid, and we don't particularly enjoy being called stupid on a website whose cache is seventh-grade-level tit-and-dick jokes made by alleged grown-ups.”

  Deadspin

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