House of Eratosthenes

If you think the two people mentioned in the headline are a couple of big ol’ stupid dumbasses, and you think this because someone else told you so — and you believe it right down to the marrow of your bones — don’t get started on any of what follows. Not with me.

Just…don’t.

1. I don’t want to hear what an independent thinker you are.
2. I don’t want to hear about your education. You’re not using it.
3. I don’t want to hear that you’re a “nuanced” thinker, capable of perceiving the world outside of overly-simplistic black-and-white terms.
4. Don’t bore me to tears telling me how much Europe has hated us up until now, or is going to be inspired to not hate us quite so much from here on. Who cares what you think.
5. And I really don’t want to hear you asking about if “America is ready to elect a person of color.” I said she was, when it wasn’t cool to say so. You’re the people who called me ignorant. I won’t even ask if you’re going to recant what you said or apologize, I know that’s not happening.
6. Save your blathering about how intolerant conservative Republicans are. You and I both know you can’t name examples, and you’re not the kind of person who thinks too deeply about that anyway.
7. Clothes that cost $150,000. Don’t even start to go there.
8. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. His Holiness The iPresident-Elect could pass his own modern-day Alien and Sedition Act and you’d be just peachy with it. You know it and I know it.
9. Globular wormening. I ride my bike to work. You probably don’t. Stuff a sock in it.
10. Liberty. You adopt opinions about the intelligence or lack thereof of total strangers, because other total strangers, told you what to think. You don’t know what liberty is. You don’t have the first clue.

Had to get that off my chest.

Among people who have not met Sarah Palin or George W. Bush, any statement that either one of those high-profile Republican contenders is some kind of a big dummy, is tantamount to driving a mile and a half down the freeway with your left blinker on — not a sign of gargantuan intellect.

It is an exceptionally odd prestige symbol a lot of people have. Their numbers are more than significant, and their misunderstanding about how they’re presenting themselves, is quite tragic really.

I have a dream, that my children and my children’s children, will be judged on their intellectual acumen or lack thereof, by people who’ve actually met them. And will grow up in a world in which people wait to personally meet each other, before passing judgment on how smart or stupid everybody is.

Seems like so little to ask.

And yeah, I have the same words for any Republican voter who wants to call Obama a big ol’ stupid-head or whatever. Meet people…then decide. And even then, know a little bit more about things than what you say out loud. A generation or two ago, this was just common sense.

Didja catch this? ‘Cause if ya didn’t, ya should.
- philmon | 11/25/2008 @ 00:06
I’m constantly amazed by those who so loudly and unceasingly proclaim their humility.
- JohnJ | 11/25/2008 @ 01:01
I think we know what’s going on here. It’s the classic left-wing meme – anyone who doesn’t see the world as they do must be some kind of idiot. As if they were the ones who had a functional command of history.

Spot on, as always, Morgan. I have to work – day in, day out – with an entire room full of people who mutter platitudes like this incessantly. The conversation actually got rather heated the last time, and I simply lost my patience with it, saying that not everyone agrees and that people shouldn’t run their mouths if they don’t want their opinions challenged. I tried explaining that you don’t get elected governor of a state like Alaska or Texas (much less elected President or nominated as someone’s running mate) by being a moron. You don’t – period – and I won’t have any of this nonsense that Palin and Bush are just a couple of marionettes, controlled by evil hidden super-smart puppeteers.

As to Obama, I would never dare call the man “stupid,” “moronic,” or any similar word. The liberal within earshot would likely say, “That’s because he isn’t!” Uh, no, sorry pal, hear me out. The problem with Obama isn’t that he’s stupid per se, it’s that he seems wholly ignorant of basic economic theory (based on the press conference he gave this morning outlining his stimulus plan) and has very poor judgment (based on the company he kept in the past, as well as the failed has-been’s he is now putting in his Cabinet).

I always say I don’t question liberals’ intelligence. What I call into question is their judgment, ethics, and priorities – being capable in those areas is an entirely different matter than being “smart.”
- cylarz | 11/25/2008 @ 01:37
Morgan, may I make a suggestion regarding your site? Put in a “home” button that takes viewers back to the main page after viewing an article’s comments. Thanks. Your navigation as it stands now is extremely cumbersome.
- cylarz | 11/25/2008 @ 01:40
Cylarz, Doesn’t Alt-Left arrow take you back to the previous page in your browser? That works for me in Firefox and Explorer.
- Morenuancedthanyou | 11/25/2008 @ 02:58
Also, under “Recent” there are two icons, one looks like a house and one looks like an envelope. Click the house.

Yeah, not exactly intuitive, I know. We’re working on it.
- mkfreeberg | 11/25/2008 @ 11:59
Ah. I see now. Thank you.
- cylarz | 11/25/2008 @ 17:46

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