XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-11-17, Oscar Mayer  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:55:30 -0500, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >   
   >>> It's a common idiomatic usage, you simpleton.   
   >>   
   >> Simpleton would be an improvement.   
   >>   
   >> I think it's at "moron" working on graduating to "imbecile".   
   >>   
   >> (Or the other way around - haven't got time to parse the   
   >> definitions).   
   >   
   > An educated person long ago would never have made that speech mistake.   
      
   Nonsense. Everyone makes mistakes, even educated people.   
      
   > But even an uneducated person would be able to admit they were wrong.   
      
   Being able to admit you're wrong about something has absolutely nothing   
   to do with your education, and everything to do with your emotional   
   maturity or lack thereof.   
      
   > If they were reasonable, they'd learn from it.   
      
   Agreed.   
      
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