What you found are contemporary, modern meanings of the word. The word in its Greek root (taken over into Latin), idiota, simply means someone uninformed, uneducated. It did not in itself mean stupid or mentally deformed etc.
Brooks is not stupid or retarded. He’s just sadly uninformed, naive. Idiot. Poster-boy for idiots around the world.
No, he's not that either. He's an advocate for the Dems, using whatever argument he thinks might seem plausible to the public, like a defense attorney's remarks to the jury for a client he knows is guilty.
What you found are contemporary, modern meanings of the word. The word in its Greek root (taken over into Latin), idiota, simply means someone uninformed, uneducated. It did not in itself mean stupid or mentally deformed etc.For Brooks, I would add "asinine" from the latin asinus for "ass" or "donkey" -- a fitting word for a RINO who is more like a Democrat -- the donkey party...
Brooks is not stupid or retarded. He’s just sadly uninformed, naive. Idiot. Poster-boy for idiots around the world.
Neither is he merely uniformed or naïve.
He's just plain nuts.