re: #166 LudwigVanQuixote

Ohhh it most assuredly is an elitist derogatory term. And you are correct, I have little patience for anyone so mentally addled that they think people like Beck or Palin are anything good at all. This is the 21st century, we simply do not have the time to coddle the stupid in the face of the challenges we face. If this were still an agrarian society, it really would not matter if stupid people believed stupid things as much as they do. However, these morons vote.

If they elect someone like Palin or any of the new GOP lineup into office, you can kiss science and sensible policy on technological or scientific issues goodbye.

Now you can call that elitist all you want. I personally don’t want to be part of a National Darwin Award.

Some folks think it’s worth the effort to try to reach out and inform or “raise the consciousness” of those who are uninformed, rather than simply viewing them all as “mentally addled”, and that such efforts are not akin to “coddling the stupid”.

You and friends will ding me down for this, and be my guest, have at it - I see this superior elitism as similar to racism and any other “ism”. Unnecessary, unprovoked, irrational hatred. And wrong.