>>>>>thank you.

Still dazed and confused, I see and wrong as usual.

Merriam Webster Online defines "pabulum" as follows: something (as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland. Clearly #3 is the appropriate definition for an internet debate forum and fits you like a glove. Sadly, you're too stupid to figure it out. Link

pabulum

One entry found.

Main Entry: pab·u·lum
Pronunciation: \ˈpa-byə-ləm\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, food, fodder; akin to Latin pascere to feed — more at food
Date: 1733

1 : food; especially : a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption
2 : intellectual sustenance
3 : something (as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland

Boy, are you clueless.

Although common use has also allowed the definition for "pablum" to also appear as a lesser definition of "pabulum"

This is the 3rd definition given for "pabulum". Pablum was a perfectly good word to use for this, but the dictionary doesn't represent the correct use of words so much as whatever people end up doing with the language.

a soft, bland cereal food for infants
Etymology: contr. < pabulum
noun
any oversimplified or tasteless writing, ideas, etc.

IN fact, yourdictionary.com actually replaces your MW 3rd definition with the word "pablum":

pabulum definition 
pabu·lum (pab′yo̵̅o̅ ləm, -yə-)

noun

1. food or sustenance
2. nourishment for the mind
3. Pablum

I thought it might be nice if someone who bothered to follow this insipid thread might get to learn a little something. I'm not expecting that you will, but someone might.

It saddens me to see people destroy our language, and I wish dictionaries would still enforce historical norms more; but it is hard to fault the dictionary for giving in to the common misuse of language that has acompanied the internet age.

I no longer expect the average internet poster to work at finding the right word; I am occasionally surprised when someone manages to use a particularly clever word properly.

However, I attribute the use of a word to mean it's opposite to the public education foisted upon us by the liberal mindset.