Reply #33: Again you blame me, or people like me ... [View All]

... for the deliberate stupidity of others.

I didn't diagnose the stupidity; I merely commented on it.

The intelligent person says, "I hear your ideas. I have considered them, and found them wanting."

The stupid person says, "If you don't agree with me, then you should shut up. I am not interested in anything you have to say."

There is a difference, you know. The fact that Bush (along with his party and his policies) have approval ratings that have plummeted over the past few years is a direct reflection of the fact that just because you're a Republican, that doesn't make you automatically stupid. A lot of people who still adhere to conservative ideals recognized that this administration talks about things like fiscal responsibility and moral values, but in fact practice neither.

Stupid is the guy whose ONLY criteria for being right or wrong, credible or to be dismissed out-of-hand, is having an (R) or a (D) after one's name. And whatever you do, don't bring up things like facts or statistics to make your point -- because Stupid knows that none of those people who read Gore Vidal can be trusted.