How do I wash off the stupid?

[bktheirregular]

Commenter on a blog:

"At an Ohio campaign stop last week Obama gave a speech with a background of American flags which is quite common. However, if you look closely some of the flags are not American flags. The blue field has been changed to show an Obama seal. Yes, there are also stars but have no pattern and they do not add up to 50.
"With Obama making his own seal and now this it looks like maybe he is putting some credence to the recent article by [redacted] in the [redacted]. Is he planning on creating an African country within the US.
"I think the presence of these flags should be viewed with alarm. And I don't want to hear any looney left comments that they are only decoration. They ARE a modification of the American Flag."

Response:

"the flag you’re asking about is the state flag of ohio."

(Names have been withheld to protect the general population from contamination.)

(Ye gods.)

Comments

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I got about halfway through that description and thought "No, it couldn't be..."

If you find a way to wash off the stupid, please share it. Actually, I think you'll be sitting on an instant gold mine. *sigh*

[bktheirregular]

I don't think there's a foolproof way. Ordinarily, I'd suspect that washing off in high intelligence might work, but Paul Krugman's blog is too depressing right now. (Pun intended, unfortunately.)

(Although even in the bad times, he has been known to do things like the occasional Monty Python riff...)

[havocthecat]

Wow. That's a really unique level of stupid right there.

[bktheirregular]

...yeah, that's like 135-octane stupid right there.

On the other hand, can't you almost hear the unvoiced "dumkluk" or "dumbass" tacked onto the response?

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Adding "dumbass" to the response would've been redundant.

[chibiaingeal.livejournal.com]

Oy vey!

[honorh.livejournal.com]

How do these people function? Seriously, do they have minders to help them do little things like walk, eat and breathe?

[bktheirregular]

For walking, eating, breathing, I think the brainstem can handle those basics. I shudder to think about operating a motor vehicle, though.

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

*clings to UK visa*

[bktheirregular]

...you did arrange for an absentee ballot, right?