To: Houghton M.; no dems
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.
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...
29 posted on
07/08/2011 7:20:39 AM PDT by
Peet
(Leftists think personal liberty is so important it must be carefully rationed.)
To: Peet; Houghton M.
You are correct Peet, except the Latin is idiota and the Greek is idotes
34 posted on
07/08/2011 7:41:43 AM PDT by
no dems
(When I learn that a person, regardless of who they are, is a Democrat, I lose respect for them.)
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