Believe me, I understand why you, or anyone else, would want to use today's vernaculur when describing these people, but we have to stray away from terms like "idiot," "moron," or the types of words that have 4 letters or less. Trust me, I haven't done a very good job myself at times and I've had to repent of such loose usage of verbal insults.
But, we have to maintain a higher standard than those around us as much as we would like to do otherwise. Now, to use terms like Jesus did, or to properly describe a group of people like He did, fire away.
Did I muddy up the waters enough?
Am persistently somewhat torn on the issue.
I have found that some folks pay zip attention when pablum words are used.
Even if they are angered or provoked, at least THEY TEND TO THINK a little more about the issues.
Thought is good about such things, imho.
However, we are all trekking with clay feet. I’m not per se looking DOWN on anyone. Just calling a spade a spade in the hopes that some will think . . . hmmm . . . do I want to keep being a spade?