Originally Posted by
Dorcus
No you're wrong there LOM. Socialism recognizes there are different degrees of intelligence, just like some people are taller than others because of a quirk of fate.
However, it also recognizes that all people have natural and equally important functions to be performed in a properly functioning society and therefore should be treated with equal respect and dignity. In other words if someone is less intelligent than another it is of as much significance as one being taller or bigger than another. It is no disrespectful comment at all.