There are people here on DU who are not as smart as I am.

[Atticus]

There are people here on DU who are smarter than I am.

Though I too often fail to do either, it is my intent to be kind and patient with the former and listen to and learn from the latter.

I'm sure the good folks here will remind me of the above when I am either disrespectful or especially obtuse.

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

I am currently waiting to get in to see my doctor in the morning. All evidence suggests that, on top of re-injuring mt hip & leg, I again have lyme disease. I'm not exactly sure where that ranks me for smart or stupid.

[mahina]

13. Oh noooo

Good luck friend

[H2O Man]

16. It was exactly

a year ago today that I was first diagnosed with it. I'll have to have a talk with my Guinea fowl about doing a better job or removing the deer ticks.

[ZZenith]

2. "Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.

It aggravates ‘em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.”


- Calpurnia

[niyad]

5. I never understood the mindset of your first sentence. Ii love being around people smarter,

more learned, more educated. How else does one learn and grow?

[ZZenith]

7. I'm with you, niyad!

Smart people are where it’s at.

I try to avoid those who use “intellectual” as a pejorative.

[niyad]

24. Exactly.

[Xipe Totec]

12. It's a reference to "To Kill a Mocking Bird"

Calpurnia was Atticus Finch's' housekeeper.

[niyad]

25. Thank you. I understood tat it was a quote from elsewhere, not the poster.

[Betty88]

17. Yep

[Harker]

3. I'd never thought of it hierarchically...

but, depending on how one measures intelligence, there is a smartest and least smart DUer, and the rest of us just muddle along between them, dipping and rising.

[AZLD4Candidate]

22. I've been already told that since I've only been posting for three months

I need to know my place.

[littlemissmartypants]

26. All of us were noobs once upon a time.

But that's no reason for being rude. I'm sorry someone was to you. Stay encouraged.

❤

[AZLD4Candidate]

27. As I said. I am running for office, so my life is now public record

And I am a DUer running for office. We need more of us and less Freepers and Trumpers.

[Harker]

28. That's disheartening. I'm sorry to hear that.

Shortly after signing up, I asked a poster an innocent question which led to an all caps 'shouting' response followed by a couple of gut kicks from his friends as they rushed to soothe him.

Despite our commonalities, things do sometimes get heated.

[GoodRaisin]

4. My observation is most people have a little of both, sometimes.

But at least we are all democrats.

[magicarpet]

6. Don't treat yourself too harshly.

We shit all over you when you are not looking.


That is surely sufficient. You don't have to get in the act too .




Just teasing you,.....

[GulfCoast66]

8. I learned a long time ago even people less intelligent that I, if they exist,

Often have things to teach me. They often know tricks to get thru life and have experienced things I haven’t.

My father in Law was no genius. But he taught me a super easy to hang a door and the best way to use a hand truck and dolly. None of my computer programming friends know shit about those things.

I helped a good friend who is much smarter than I change the leaf springs on his boat trailer. He was about useless without instructions. I’d never done it before, but was willing to get in there and sweat and bleed to get it done. He still brags on me about that 20 years later. I’ve been doing things like that my whole life. It scared him. I also have helped convince him we need universal healthcare. He works with his mind. I do too. But in a different way.

I figure every earnest person has something to teach me.

Have a good week.

[spooky3]

9. I'm smarter than my cats, but they are kind

To me, and sometimes patient, if food is not involved. We don’t have much of a hierarchy and everyone’s happy.

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. Not all smart people are Democratic voters

But all Democratic voters are smart people

[KPN]

20. I like it. Democrats are a subset of smart people.

[Chainfire]

11. I have been smart enough to get this far, so it works for me. ;)

My biggest problem is not lack of intelligence, it is a lack of education.

[mahina]

14. Dear Atticus. You are the best of us.

[Atticus]

15. That was much kinder than I deserve, but thank you for it. nt

[Tribetime]

18. I'm smart enough to know I'm not that smart

[rownesheck]

19. I've often said,

"If I'm the smartest person in the room, we're in trouble."

[Martin Eden]

21. We've been girded for battle for so long against RW deplorables

We sometimes forget to set our weapons and armor aside when disagreements or misunderstandings arise within our own camp.

[AZLD4Candidate]

23. "What is popular isn't always right, what is right isn't always popular."

Don't worry. When people can hide behind a screen name, they tend to be the most vicious. The second time they do that is when they think you don't understand their language. I ran into that until I was fluent in Mandarin.

Social media and this pandemic has turned a lot of people feral, especially when the internet allows a person to be the most rude without repercussion.

People like me, who are running for political office, have no private life, and everything we say and don't say, and everything we do and don't do, is under a microscope. My life is now out there for all the belittle, admonish, criticize, and second-guess.

[Escurumbele]

29. I understand you are very popular at DU, but your comment is condescending to say the least.

Is the comment disrespectful and especially obtuse? I am not smart enough to evaluate it, but maybe you can re-read what you wrote and you can decide.

I am not sure how you determine who is less or smarter than you, you must know your level of intelligence very well, I wish I knew mine, I must be one of those who is less smart than you.