"The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. " (Psalm 12:8)

"Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: contend with them that contend with me. " (Psalm 35:1)

When the late fashion designer Gianni Versace stated in a charmingly blunt way, "Stupid people can't do nothing," initially I thought this was a memorably honest condemnation of the gap between intelligence and competence. Yet the grammatical "glitch"-the double negative-yields a deeper meaning: stupid people can do something. In fact, they can do many things: become leaders, chair committees, make policy, and enforce unearned privilege at the expense of those who threaten to undermine their ...

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