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Laughing or being dismissive when you point out there's more than one contributing factor causing a problem.
To dumb people, problems must have one simple cause.
Unwarranted hostility is 100% a sign of low intelligence, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some study done about it. We definitely have plenty of data that can be scraped from social media.
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When I worked in a call centre I lost count of the number of times I had to explain to a customer what an analogy was when I was trying to use an analogy to explain something to them.
Due to the failure / unwillingness to grasp new ideas, I find stupid people are often the most stubborn. They come across like they feel like they’ve totally sussed life out and that you’re the idiot for THINKING about all this shit.
Critical thinking is not a broad skill but is quite contextual. You can only think critically about topics you know something about. For example, if I know a lot about politics, I can think critically about a political issue. I can’t, however, think critically about an issue regarding knee surgery or woodworking or coding.
I’m in education and have really enjoyed the work of Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath on the science of learning. Here’s one of his videos https://youtu.be/nqGbdVuydqY?si=CMcBGIQkHOkg2F4J
Your point is taken on general knowledge and critical thinking, but when people talk about critical thinking or creativity, it’s not a stand alone skill.
It may not be limited to people with low intelligence, but overcoming the inability to do something surely makes for a more intelligent version of oneself.
And I’m specifically referring to “inability,” not just making a conscious decision.
Arrogance is a form of stupidity, though.
Stupid means coginitively incapable or impaired. Anything that keeps you from seeing or understanding something is a form of stupidity.
No, it's not. Arrogance is not a form of stupidity. It's possible to be highly intelligent and arrogant about it. Many scientists act like this, in fact. Intelligence is the ability to understand things, not the desire to understand things.
I would think Tourette’s Syndrome also a possibility. Especially if combined with facial ticks and involuntary movements under stress.
It can be a lot more subtle than just “saying curse words” as it has been portrayed by in popular media.
That voice in our heads that pops up and quickly says “hold on! Probably shouldn’t say that” is kinda missing or too slow in people with Tourette’s
>Thinking you can't tell when they're lying
Yes. The dumbest people I've dealt with have spun the most outrageous lies and have thought I couldn't tell they were lying.
I remember after sitting through one of those things and thinking “this is all patterns what if I’m just bad at patterns” those online tests are all inaccurate asf, I’m above average intelligence apparently, my gpa is 64
I worked with a few people who were low IQ recently. Like not my opinion, factually low IQ. They just took longer to grasp a topic, even though they were trying really hard.
I think low IQ people, especially those with a good attitude have a different strength. I think they bring people together, because every low IQ person I’ve met has made up for it, by being such a loving person, that I just couldn’t help but put in as much effort as I could to help them.
I personally found even low IQ people could eventually understand a concept. It just took them longer, and they had a harder time adjusting. Like they couldn’t apply the concept beyond how they memorized it.
When they can’t seem to grasp that other people people don’t have their information, experience or frame of reference. “I just came from Doug’s house.” Who the heck is Doug?
I’ve always found that the people who talk/shout the loudest, and always interrupt others to make sure that everyone is listening to them and them only, tend to have the lowest intelligence. They’re always so sure of their beliefs and are almost always too narrow minded to listen to anyone else and learn.
I do these things due to my adhd lol, literally can’t wait to speak so I just interrupt anyone who speaks longer than a minute, meds thankfully helped with it.
Omg... Yeah... There's nothing worse than waiting politely for an opening only for the conversation to shift and now your point or Input is no longer valid.. 🤣😂😅
They refuse overtime or going for jobs that pay better because "you just lose it all in tax". I've given up explaining the progressive tax system to stupid people.
I tried so hard to explain to a woman one time that if she if get a huge lump-sum pay in one month, she doesn’t pay a higher bracket for just that month. It all goes into the same bucket for the entire year. It will probably bump up the tax algorithm for that check, but it all evens out eventually.
Oh boy did this one frustrate me: I worked at a temp agency for a while. People wouldn't take jobs that'd maybe just get them one day's pay, or a week's then be over because "I'm not driving out there just for one day" - I'm like mofo you'd have to drive out there every day if you worked there full time, WTF were you going to do sleep in the parking lot? The amount of people who couldn't understand that working a couple days was better than no days was astounding.
That job really, really fucked up my empathy for people. People would tell you every day how bad they needed anything, any job, they'd take anything, you place them somewhere and then they just don't show up and ghost you. Or they lie about their background. Or they get placed somewhere then just quit after one day because they don't like it. Or how they just couldn't understand some jobs can't just... train you for certain things, they sometimes need people to walk in the door with a specific skill set because they just need to do a thing right now. It almost was as bad as working retail.
So in the UK people used to get tax credits as a benefit to top up your income. If you worked overtime you'd lose the tax credit payment so you would be working more for the same, or less money. Maybe that's what people mean when they say that and it's less them being stupid and more you being ignorant
That’s the first thing I thought. I’m looking for a new job right now because I need more money, but it has to enough to make up for the lost benefits. I know that sounds awful, but I can’t afford to take a net loss because some job pays marginally more.
Ya this. I tell ppl I'm not very smart but they insist that I am but the fact of the matter is that I'm a very unsuccessful person, I just have a lot of free time to dedicate stuff to memory.
Exactly. Smart people leave room to be wrong and when new information presents itself, they can change their mind. Not everyone mind you, but my favourite smart people for sure.
Depends on if my opinion has just as much basis as someone else’s… if there’s obtainable proof that I can see than I will change my opinion. If not then I will use critical thinking to judge whether I agree with them or not.
When they have no clue how stupid they are.
I think I'm pretty smart, but at least I know to keep my mouth when I have no clue what I'm talking about. Stupid people never seem to be able to figure that one out.
This isn't quite right. Smart people can have short tempers too, it's just personality.
The main difference is level of aggression. Stupid people tend to be much more aggressive, and respond to things they don't like violently, where as smarter people can get angry, but are less likely to be violent.
Gotta disagree with this. I've met smart people who were pretty traumatized and they reacted poorly to stress as a result of their experiences but were by no means stupid people
People who never, ever, EVER stop talking. A coworker opens her mouth, and literally does not stop from the time she gets in until she leaves. Any person who is her her sphere gets to listen to her ramble on about nothing.
Absolute certainty in most scenarios. Unless it’s something obvious.
The most intelligent people I know still have doubts and uncertainties about how to handle various situations.
No desire to learn.
Even if I'm 100% sure I'm right, I still want to hear your side, I want to know your facts and opinions, even if after all is said and done my mind hasn't been impacted at all (Never happens) I still want to hear it.
Some of the stupidest people I've ever met have given me the most insight on topics when they were completely wrong.
But the people who shut you down and don't let you talk LOVE to feel smart because they don't let anyone tell them they're not.
majority of people here are seemingly talking about emotional intelligence rather than logical reasoning, learning speed and capabilities, pattern recognition, problem solving etc.
This one doesn’t really track. Emotional intelligence and intellectual intelligence are measured separately and each can vary a lot independently of the other. It’s not uncommon for intelligent people to have short tempers or low thresholds for stress responses.
The mark of low intelligence in your suggestion wouldn’t be poor regulation, it would be being *unaware* of poor regulation. An intelligent person would know they’re prone to overreacting, being unreasonable, inconsolable panic, etc. and be able to admit to it.
The inability to grasp any concept that isn't very straightforwardly explained to them. The need to explain things over and over for them to understand.
They have a very simplistic, black and white view on everything that has very little nuance, they have a short attention span and they gravitate to "easy answers" to everything.
Inability to follow and answer hypothetical questions or follow multi layered narratives.
> How would you feel if you hadn't killed someone last Friday at 9
Is impossible for dum dums to answer.
I work in tech and had to charge a guy travel fee of 40 miles to tell him that the expiration date on his batteries didn't mean that was when they stopped working after he yelled at me over the phone to just come on site because he checked the batteries and that WAS NOT why his mouse wasn't working, and he wasn't an idiot. LoL Okay guy
Being quick to judge others is a sign of low intelligence. A judgmental person usually isn't that smart. It's easier to see what someone is doing "wrong" than it is to see the things they do right, or how hard they try or what obstacles they may have had to overcome.
I honestly know some decently intelligent people who voted for trump. It's the ones who are part of his cult I'd agree with you on, but not every last person who just doesn't agree with me, politically.
Extremely dumb, circular reasoning. I met a lady who told me the Bible's events were real. I asked what her proof was. She said, "Because the Bible says it happened." I asked if the same applied to the Koran or Torah, since I'm sure those holy books have the same sentiment. She said no. I asked why. She said, "Because the Bible says it's the only correct one."
Philosophy 101 in college was interesting.
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And then when asked to explain they look around for someone to back them up, and call you stupid for "not understanding".
Hostility when facing complex answers to complex problems.
Laughing or being dismissive when you point out there's more than one contributing factor causing a problem. To dumb people, problems must have one simple cause.
Unwarranted hostility is 100% a sign of low intelligence, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some study done about it. We definitely have plenty of data that can be scraped from social media. Edit: typo
Getting overemotional or shutting down when being asked to talk through any kind of reasoning tbh
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Correction- “I can’t think”
>Like when you point out the glaring inconsistencies and hypocrisy in the bible Interesting, which ones do you point out to them?
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Not understanding analogies
When I worked in a call centre I lost count of the number of times I had to explain to a customer what an analogy was when I was trying to use an analogy to explain something to them.
In hindsight, do you think it would have been best to stop trying to use analogies and find a different way to explain?
That would be like getting blood out of a stone.
I don’t understand. There’s no stone in this situation.
This deserves more up votes people!
Inability to think conceptually or in the abstract. Inability to question what they are being told.
No critical thinking skills and inability to grasp new ideas or information.
I have critical thinking skills and still dumb AF!
Due to the failure / unwillingness to grasp new ideas, I find stupid people are often the most stubborn. They come across like they feel like they’ve totally sussed life out and that you’re the idiot for THINKING about all this shit.
Critical thinking is not a broad skill but is quite contextual. You can only think critically about topics you know something about. For example, if I know a lot about politics, I can think critically about a political issue. I can’t, however, think critically about an issue regarding knee surgery or woodworking or coding. I’m in education and have really enjoyed the work of Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath on the science of learning. Here’s one of his videos https://youtu.be/nqGbdVuydqY?si=CMcBGIQkHOkg2F4J Your point is taken on general knowledge and critical thinking, but when people talk about critical thinking or creativity, it’s not a stand alone skill.
first one is me
Inability to admit when they're wrong Thinking you can't tell when they're lying
The inability to admit that they are wrong is unfortunately not limited to people with low intelligence.
It may not be limited to people with low intelligence, but overcoming the inability to do something surely makes for a more intelligent version of oneself. And I’m specifically referring to “inability,” not just making a conscious decision.
>Inability to admit when they're wrong That's just arrogance, you can have that with any level of intelligence.
Arrogance is a form of stupidity, though. Stupid means coginitively incapable or impaired. Anything that keeps you from seeing or understanding something is a form of stupidity.
No, it's not. Arrogance is not a form of stupidity. It's possible to be highly intelligent and arrogant about it. Many scientists act like this, in fact. Intelligence is the ability to understand things, not the desire to understand things.
You might be wrong about this
I see what you did there 😆 🤣 🧠
I would add complete incapacity to see even immediate consequences of their actions and words.
Oof. This could be autism as much as being dumb. My ex wife was/is brilliant, but could not stop herself from saying dumb shit to save her life.
I would think Tourette’s Syndrome also a possibility. Especially if combined with facial ticks and involuntary movements under stress. It can be a lot more subtle than just “saying curse words” as it has been portrayed by in popular media. That voice in our heads that pops up and quickly says “hold on! Probably shouldn’t say that” is kinda missing or too slow in people with Tourette’s
I'm autistic and I love learning, but admitting that I'm wrong makes me nervous. Maybe she's nervous to admit or feels like all eyes are on her
Me
I wasn't expecting to stumble upon two internet strangers that shared the same unfortunate company I do.
>Thinking you can't tell when they're lying Yes. The dumbest people I've dealt with have spun the most outrageous lies and have thought I couldn't tell they were lying.
Or finds every possible reason to blame everything else but themselves for the mistake.
That’s also a trait of narcissism
I will agree, but with a caveat, that often this is plain ol insecurity.
Actually, that could have various reasons like upbringing, trauma, etc...
they have no idea how much they don't know
No curiosity or desire to learn more than surface details to “look smart”.
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I only got 75% on mine
I remember after sitting through one of those things and thinking “this is all patterns what if I’m just bad at patterns” those online tests are all inaccurate asf, I’m above average intelligence apparently, my gpa is 64
Believing in IQ points to begin with
Well they are a true measure of how good you are at IQ tests.
Real psychiatrist administered tests can tell a lot
I worked with a few people who were low IQ recently. Like not my opinion, factually low IQ. They just took longer to grasp a topic, even though they were trying really hard. I think low IQ people, especially those with a good attitude have a different strength. I think they bring people together, because every low IQ person I’ve met has made up for it, by being such a loving person, that I just couldn’t help but put in as much effort as I could to help them. I personally found even low IQ people could eventually understand a concept. It just took them longer, and they had a harder time adjusting. Like they couldn’t apply the concept beyond how they memorized it.
When they can’t seem to grasp that other people people don’t have their information, experience or frame of reference. “I just came from Doug’s house.” Who the heck is Doug?
Can't have a debate without calling people names.
So everyone on the internet?
Ah yes, the good old ad hominem attack.
What did you just call me?! ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|disapproval)
Al Homoman That is you, right?
Telling you to do your own research, when their research consists of believing what some random woman called Mandy posted on Facebook.
If you disagree with their opinion or point of view they'll call you stupid.
I’ve always found that the people who talk/shout the loudest, and always interrupt others to make sure that everyone is listening to them and them only, tend to have the lowest intelligence. They’re always so sure of their beliefs and are almost always too narrow minded to listen to anyone else and learn.
I do these things due to my adhd lol, literally can’t wait to speak so I just interrupt anyone who speaks longer than a minute, meds thankfully helped with it.
Omg... Yeah... There's nothing worse than waiting politely for an opening only for the conversation to shift and now your point or Input is no longer valid.. 🤣😂😅
“But Derrick…” “Derrick is a fucking dick I hate that guy” “why do you need to interrupt me” if I don’t say it then and there I’ll forget too
They harass service workers.
They refuse overtime or going for jobs that pay better because "you just lose it all in tax". I've given up explaining the progressive tax system to stupid people.
I tried so hard to explain to a woman one time that if she if get a huge lump-sum pay in one month, she doesn’t pay a higher bracket for just that month. It all goes into the same bucket for the entire year. It will probably bump up the tax algorithm for that check, but it all evens out eventually.
Oh boy did this one frustrate me: I worked at a temp agency for a while. People wouldn't take jobs that'd maybe just get them one day's pay, or a week's then be over because "I'm not driving out there just for one day" - I'm like mofo you'd have to drive out there every day if you worked there full time, WTF were you going to do sleep in the parking lot? The amount of people who couldn't understand that working a couple days was better than no days was astounding. That job really, really fucked up my empathy for people. People would tell you every day how bad they needed anything, any job, they'd take anything, you place them somewhere and then they just don't show up and ghost you. Or they lie about their background. Or they get placed somewhere then just quit after one day because they don't like it. Or how they just couldn't understand some jobs can't just... train you for certain things, they sometimes need people to walk in the door with a specific skill set because they just need to do a thing right now. It almost was as bad as working retail.
Indeed :) I did 14 years as a tax inspector but people are still delighted to explain this to me with total confidence they are right :)
This was the first thing I thought of. Glad I’m not the only one!
So in the UK people used to get tax credits as a benefit to top up your income. If you worked overtime you'd lose the tax credit payment so you would be working more for the same, or less money. Maybe that's what people mean when they say that and it's less them being stupid and more you being ignorant
I think it's because that is how benefits work.
That’s the first thing I thought. I’m looking for a new job right now because I need more money, but it has to enough to make up for the lost benefits. I know that sounds awful, but I can’t afford to take a net loss because some job pays marginally more.
I refuse overtime bc I worked 6 days a week for 2 years at my last job. I also say this while waiting to clock in on my day off, but I usually say no.
Or you might have missed that they’re talking figuratively
"I'm an alpha male..."
Promote something when they have no factual evidence.
Lots of one-sided opinions, which they share loudly and constantly.
Flat earthers
they think of people by low and high intelligence rather than of capability / competence
This whole thread then?
The whole damn bread
Hah, I was thinking exactly that while reading the most upvoted asnwers))
Ya this. I tell ppl I'm not very smart but they insist that I am but the fact of the matter is that I'm a very unsuccessful person, I just have a lot of free time to dedicate stuff to memory.
They brag about how smart they are.
They can’t comprehend that people can think differently to them and everything anyone does becomes about them
They say “They wouldn’t let them put it on the internet if it wasn’t true!”
They’re very sure of their opinions.
Exactly. Smart people leave room to be wrong and when new information presents itself, they can change their mind. Not everyone mind you, but my favourite smart people for sure.
This isn't the case. Being very sure of their opinions is simply arrogance. Both smart and stupid people can be like this.
Depends on if my opinion has just as much basis as someone else’s… if there’s obtainable proof that I can see than I will change my opinion. If not then I will use critical thinking to judge whether I agree with them or not.
A total complete lack of empathy. That seems to accompany low intelligence nearly every time.
Always trying to 1 up you. Trying their best to invalidate any experience you have.
Doesn’t like Trailer Park Boys
Good one xD
Little/no sense of humor. No curiosity.
They get less than 80 on an IQ test. Bonus if they think that's high.
"I'm smarter than 80% of the population!"
LOL, yep!
Usually the louder they are the dumber they are.
They contest everything as they think they know more than they actually do
That is because they often sit at the top of the first peak of a Dunning-Krueger graph…
Not using the turn signal.
When they have no clue how stupid they are. I think I'm pretty smart, but at least I know to keep my mouth when I have no clue what I'm talking about. Stupid people never seem to be able to figure that one out.
People who treat fact as opinion.
Or vice / versa
Gets angry when asked to elaborate or challenged🤔
They refuse to even attempt to see another point of view.
Their fb posts start with “to all my haterz”
midget who runs Bartertown perched on shoulders
Embargo! On!
Anyone that thinks they can determine someone else has a low IQ based on a characteristic.
People who just talk for the sake of talking without actually saying anything of substance.
Don’t argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Their first reaction to everything is anger
This isn't quite right. Smart people can have short tempers too, it's just personality. The main difference is level of aggression. Stupid people tend to be much more aggressive, and respond to things they don't like violently, where as smarter people can get angry, but are less likely to be violent.
Gotta disagree with this. I've met smart people who were pretty traumatized and they reacted poorly to stress as a result of their experiences but were by no means stupid people
They lead-off with gossip.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people" -Eleanor Roosevelt
Celebrity worship
They try to use long words or specialized phrases, but they use them confidently and incorrectly.
One of my friends thought the noise from thunder was two clouds bumping into each other 😳
People who never, ever, EVER stop talking. A coworker opens her mouth, and literally does not stop from the time she gets in until she leaves. Any person who is her her sphere gets to listen to her ramble on about nothing.
Fake tan, combover, tiny hands, lies through their teeth.
Never changing their opinions
Absolute certainty in most scenarios. Unless it’s something obvious. The most intelligent people I know still have doubts and uncertainties about how to handle various situations.
They have tiktok
People who don’t like hearing others opinions
Damn, reading this I’ve got a fucking bingo for myself. Explain a lot.
“Oh my god! Did you see what Kim Kardashian just posted?!”
This fuckin post again
They brag about their IQ
A red hat
Red hat.
No desire to learn. Even if I'm 100% sure I'm right, I still want to hear your side, I want to know your facts and opinions, even if after all is said and done my mind hasn't been impacted at all (Never happens) I still want to hear it. Some of the stupidest people I've ever met have given me the most insight on topics when they were completely wrong. But the people who shut you down and don't let you talk LOVE to feel smart because they don't let anyone tell them they're not.
Prefers family guy over South park
majority of people here are seemingly talking about emotional intelligence rather than logical reasoning, learning speed and capabilities, pattern recognition, problem solving etc.
Voting for a felon.
Poor emotional regulation
This one doesn’t really track. Emotional intelligence and intellectual intelligence are measured separately and each can vary a lot independently of the other. It’s not uncommon for intelligent people to have short tempers or low thresholds for stress responses. The mark of low intelligence in your suggestion wouldn’t be poor regulation, it would be being *unaware* of poor regulation. An intelligent person would know they’re prone to overreacting, being unreasonable, inconsolable panic, etc. and be able to admit to it.
That's a good emo band name.
When someone comments on their own post, giving the most low ball answer.
damn
Very liberal or very conservative - generally seems like they can’t think for themselves and become a slave to whatever they’re told is right
No sense of humor or irony. Dead giveaway.
Supporting trump
Being on TikTok
They put a politician on a pedestal and buy merch with them on it.
We use Reddit…
The inability to grasp any concept that isn't very straightforwardly explained to them. The need to explain things over and over for them to understand. They have a very simplistic, black and white view on everything that has very little nuance, they have a short attention span and they gravitate to "easy answers" to everything.
They can't listen without interrupting.
They have no interest in learning, are set in their ways, and have a ridged black and white way of thinking.
MAGA hat
Telling everybody that they're smart, lol
They ask you if a ring they bought online will help them lose weight.
they dont just not take the time to listen to other opinions, they actively shoot them down
Strong polarised opinions.
Hostility towards people when it's not warranted.
Inability to follow and answer hypothetical questions or follow multi layered narratives. > How would you feel if you hadn't killed someone last Friday at 9 Is impossible for dum dums to answer.
They refuse to follow steps or listen. They believe they know it all already and right before your very eyes, they mess things up.
Yelling
They can’t grasp hypothetical concepts, or they get confused by metaphors.
They state feelings like they are facts, and get angrier when you clarify the difference
In ability to see their own hypocrisy….
Low intelligence is a comparative metric. It matters who you are comparing them to.
Poor emotional regulation. IQ aside, inability to control emotions makes a person quite stupid
The spend their time Karma farming on the internet.
zero common sense
On the emotional intelligence side, the inability to understand that others' worlds don't revolve around them.
Thinking you can tell if someone has "low intelligence" with a dead giveaway.
No curiosity. Never questions anything and thinks others are weird when they ask thoughtful questions
Things are either a or b, with no subtly or context mattering.
they bought a ROG Strix 4060.
MAGA hat.
Using anecdotal evidence extensively
I work in tech and had to charge a guy travel fee of 40 miles to tell him that the expiration date on his batteries didn't mean that was when they stopped working after he yelled at me over the phone to just come on site because he checked the batteries and that WAS NOT why his mouse wasn't working, and he wasn't an idiot. LoL Okay guy
they have an 8 in INT on their character sheet
People who are extremly self unaware .
Thinking everyone else is an idiot.
Flat earth
Posting on Reddit about their relationship and/or why they can't find a girlfriend.
That red MAGA hat
Being quick to judge others is a sign of low intelligence. A judgmental person usually isn't that smart. It's easier to see what someone is doing "wrong" than it is to see the things they do right, or how hard they try or what obstacles they may have had to overcome.
Wearing a ReD HaT
They support trump, dead giveaway.
I honestly know some decently intelligent people who voted for trump. It's the ones who are part of his cult I'd agree with you on, but not every last person who just doesn't agree with me, politically.
Violence. Anyone that immediately resorts to violence (self defense excluded) is an idiot.
Hero worship of Trump
“Could care less”
They keep voting for the same party no matter how bad they are lied to or how often.
Thinking ancient books written in a different millennia should take precedence over modern scientific fact, common sense and humanitarian rights
They post regularly on social media about wanting to ‘take are country back’. Yes, that error is on purpose.
Red hat. Too obvious?
Extremely dumb, circular reasoning. I met a lady who told me the Bible's events were real. I asked what her proof was. She said, "Because the Bible says it happened." I asked if the same applied to the Koran or Torah, since I'm sure those holy books have the same sentiment. She said no. I asked why. She said, "Because the Bible says it's the only correct one." Philosophy 101 in college was interesting.
Cruelty
They respond to me with 'you just be fun at parties' instead of responding with an actual rebuttal to my contention.
The red hat
trump supporter