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Your angry virtucrat at a keyboard rant, as Andy points, out is a bore.
stephen378 commented on the word virtucrat
Essayist Joseph Epstein claims to have coined this word. (WSJ 11/5/14: A19) He says 'virtucrat' means, "those who derive their grand sense of themselves from the virtuousness of their opinions, and of no opinions more than their political opinions. These opinions fortify virtucrats morally, assuring them of their essential goodness."
Think of haughty Al Gore who demanded a carbon tax ten years ago, because he was so sure the polar ice caps would be gone by 2014. The Antarctic ice is bigger than ever now, and polar caps are vast. And he rolls his eyes with an air of haughty virtue at atmospheric science Ph.D's who disagree on the science and calls them 'deniers,' while Gore himself is no scientist.
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the word virtucrat
Compare virtutroll.
*Holds up mirror to stephen378 for definition*
November 12, 2014
qms commented on the word virtucrat
Joe Epstein's pompous effusion
Invites the unwary to confusion.
It's bad to be baseless,
Worse yet to be graceless
And offend by unseemly intrusion.
November 12, 2014