Haiti: Twits and Nitwits
Disasters bring out the best in some people, the worst in others. Unfortunately, there are usually far more worsts than bests. The reaction to the catastrophic earthquake on the benighted Haitian end of the island of Hispaniola is a prime example of how any number of twits and nitwits have betrayed themselves as ignoramusi.
“Twit” and “nitwit” are pretty much the same by definition although I’ve drawn a slight distinction between them. Both words describe simpletons, doofuses, contemptible fools but twits are generally more benignly stupid whereas nitwits are beyond contempt.
Two exceptional twits, tweedle-dum and tweedle-dummer, have emerged in the days since the 7.0 Richter scale earthquake all but leveled Port-au-Prince, twits at opposite ends of the political spectrum with totally opposite outlooks on what “caused” the quake.
First came words of wisdom from the conservative activist and founder of various conservative-Christian organizations including the Christian Coalition and the Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson.
His contribution . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1427)
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