Saturday, July 28, 2007

The illiterate Left

Why are Leftists so reliably illiterate? I don't blame a humble man for being unable to spell but Leftists parade themselves as knowing it all. The emails I get from Leftists are reliably illiterate but I also enjoyed an email from a Leftist called Steve Mack that Dean Barnett put up for our amusement. A tiny excerpt: "marshal sensibilities, fervent worship at the alter of". In that short passage the writer showed that he did not know the difference between "martial" and "marshall" or "altar" and "alter". There are some things that spellcheckers cannot save you from. Steve Mack thought he was clever. He has himself shown that he is not. Verbal skills are the highest single correlate of IQ, by the way.

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3 comments:

  1. Do you know the difference between "Marshall" and "marshal"?

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  2. Let's explore your statement, "Verbal skills are the highest single correlate of IQ..."

    For your insinuation to hold any external validity, the grammar of one's online political commentary would have to be indicative of one's IQ as well.

    If that is your belief, then you've just disparaged most of your fellow astute bloggers.

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  3. Thank the Maker for spell checker or I would look like a complete idiot instead of being just an ordinary one.

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