I have to confess, I’m getting tired of throwing around terms like wingnut, idiot, cretin, buffoon, nut case, asshat, idjit, stupid, lunatic, etc. It actually makes me feel uncomfortable, because I am a nice guy, and I don’t like being insulting, impolite, and uncivil, even if others are. It doesn’t improve the quality of discourse.
On the other hand, it’s such convenient shorthand when someone is being a wingnut, idiot, cretin, etc. I mean, I could belabor why I feel the latest idiocy to fly out of someone’s mouth is, in fact, factually unsupportable, logically fallacious, and ethically dubious … but there’s far too much idiocy out there, and I do, in fact, have a full time job and family responsibilities to take care of. I need a shortcut.
So does anyone have any good suggestions how I could express such sentiments succinctly, stylishly, effectively, and civilly?
I’m getting into “lacks sufficient contact with facts,” “seems to be missing reality,” has insufficient contact with truth,” etc.
“I’ve always wanted to meet someone from an alternate reality!”
I’ll take those under-advisement, thanks. 🙂