THE DEATH OF DECORUM

or How We Need To Stop Being Polite And Start Telling Stupid People To Shut Up

“Yeah, I guess you’re not that smart, are you?”

The reply caught me off guard.

It wasn’t said with smile or a wink. It wasn’t followed by a “just kidding”.
It was just stated, left to dangle in the air and then slowly drift into my brain and eat away at my self-confidence.

The comment had been said by a neighbour of ours in a previous home. I had been …