Arthur D. Hlavaty

This convinces me. "Politically correct" has been used so badly so many times that it cannot be used well. I will endeavor not to use it again.

There is a dogma on the Left that we are all equal, not just in rights but in abilities, and they exert more ingenuity in denying contrary evidence than Creationists do in denying evolution (because they're smarter). There is no such thing as general symbol-using intelligence, it isn't hereditary, and those who are born with it shouldn't be allowed to take advantage of it.

I know that I am too emotional about this. When I was in public school, the teachers would tell us something, I and a few others would get it, and then I would have to behave while it was repeated over and over again to the "slow kids" (some of whom were stopped).

It also was a big double bind for me. My parents didn't give me double binds about sex (the traditional sort) but they did about elitism: My mother loved me, she despised stupid people, and she told me I was no better than they were. As with all double binds, I could not/was not allowed to question the contradictions.

So I'm a bit crazy on this topic. In my more lucid moments, I know that "stupid" and "crazy" should at most be used for ideas and actions, rather than people, but I act out. Some day maybe medical science will find a sustainable antipissedoffant, and my feelings will no longer drive me to say stupid angry things.