"Joe, this could get me in trouble"
That shows he knows what he is saying ain't right, but doesn't give a shit. He's not going to suffer because of it.
It's a sad state of affairs!
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov