It has always amazed me, having lived in many different countries, why Americans are so "impressed" with spindleheads whose only claim to fame is shocking people with outrageous and mendacious statements.
Could this be a vestige of Victorian morality? grin

"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky