Venantius, Greetings of the season to you and everybody else, including the harmless chauvinists and the armchair bigots! Because I use the term so often, some people ask me, what is the difference between a self-righteous chauvinist and a regular person who believes that there are right and wrong answers to many questions? I say that the difference is that the latter concerns himself/herself only with natural facts and objective reality. The former, not so much, and in some cases, not at all, as in the examples you have cited.
Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- > From: Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> > >T he phrase "assorted idiots" is a container/ a meaningful placeholder, > where readers may congruently insert more precise meaning, and say their > own piece. Or attempt to see themselves in whatever light. This is another > example where I extrapolated from a given source, the U.S. examples. > > I agree to your point re: "self-righteous chauvinists," or as you you > spelled out in toto: Actually, I think most of them are not really idiots. > They are merely self-righteous chauvinists who believe that they are > persecuted by followers of other religions and by the non-religious. > > Chauvinism, since I first realized it as a distressing quality (in myself > too, in college) also comes in many guises. Hope this does not implying my > willingness to shoot myself in the foot. > > And, I agree to your last point. > > ++++++++++ > venantius j pinto > >
