[latina4dubya]

“Among the barriers of entry that have been reduced, is you don’t have to be able to read, write, or think,” he said. “You can just come in and shout and call names and carry on.”

does this sound like anybody we know?

[scripter]

I don’t know anybody with the initials S.B. :-)

[GOPJ]

The internet has “erased the barriers of entry to public discourse,” Will said, which is good because more people can be involved in conversations, but it’s bad because a lot of those people aren’t that bright.

I wish I had more faith in the intelligentsia... but there's never been a country run by 'elites' that didn't devolve into horror. Sorry Plato - you and old Socrates were wrong on the Philosopher King crap... doesn't work in real life.