Matt Taibbi gave an interesting speech, one noting that while the most effete, perfumed, lace adorned dandy of the 18th Century was willing to cross swords over an insult, today’s “elites” soil their silky delicates over a “misused” pronoun.

Michael Smith - “The problem is America has the most useless aristocrats in history. - Michael Smith

He notes: “The problem is America has the most useless aristocrats in history. 

Even the French dandies who were marched to the razor by the Jacobins were towering specimens of humanity compared to the Michael Hayden’s, John Brennan's, James Clapper's, Mike McFall's, and Rick Stengel's who make up America's self-appointed speech police.

• In pre-revolutionary France, even the most drunken, depraved, debauched libertine had to be prepared to back up an insolent act with a sword fight to the death. 
• Our aristocrats pee themselves at a mean tweet.

These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism, which is unique to them, no loyalty, no dreams, and no accomplishments. 

They are simultaneously illiterate and pretentious, which is very hard to pull off...