Eni Aluko v Ian Wright

Stig said:

raytreacy said:

Carter said:

raytreacy said:

Carter said:

Its always the most stupid who make the most noise, she talks loads but makes so little sense. 

She has clearly been educated, in the same way the cast of the only way is Essex are all overly educated thickos 

The lack of anything resembling self-awareness is hilarious. Imagine for a second the thunderous noise if those she had asked for feedback were not gracious and just.... nice to her and were honest instead 

She has a first class honours degree in Law at Brunel University. So yes a real thicko.

Educated thicko I said 

Off the top of my head the most catastrophically stupid acts where I work have been committed by graduates. And I work with a lot of uneducated thick people as well as educated ones 

Educated thicko, I have never heard that before. Isn’t that a contradiction in terms. There are many forms of intelligence. I have an IQ of 150 but I am no good at practical things like putting a flat pack from Ikea together. I worked as a Fund Manager. The people I worked with were largely from Oxford and Cambridge University’s Some of them had no aptitude for the job but that didn’t make them thick, just not suited to the job they were doing.
I think Eni Aluko gets a lot of stick because she is an outspoken opinionated woman and some men don’t like that..As a closing parentheses can I say I don’t like the woman. I find her.surly with a chip on both shoulders.

I think you answered your own question in the first three sentences. And no, that's not a cheap jibe. But there are, just as you say, many forms of intelligence. Some people have sufficient intelligence to get through a course, pass an exam and write a dissertation, but don't have the intelligence to apply anything they've learnt to the real world. Some people have certain skills that mask for a lack in other areas. For example, they may have be able to confidently use complex words and speech patterns even though the logic to make cogent arguments just isn't there. I think this group can often slip through the education system, even breeze through it, because no one has the time, energy or inclination to pick up on it; you know all the right words, you must know what you're talking about it. It's also the case that people with good educations tend to have more self-confidence than those that don't and are therefore better at self-promotion. They are also cut more slack by others, at least, up until the point there they are outed. So whilst 'educated thicko' may seem like a contradiction in terms, I think it is a very real phenomenon. 

TellyTubby said:

Leroy Ambrose said:

raytreacy said:

Carter said:

Its always the most stupid who make the most noise, she talks loads but makes so little sense. 

She has clearly been educated, in the same way the cast of the only way is Essex are all overly educated thickos 

The lack of anything resembling self-awareness is hilarious. Imagine for a second the thunderous noise if those she had asked for feedback were not gracious and just.... nice to her and were honest instead 

She has a first class honours degree in Law at Brunel University. So yes a real thicko.

I've met plenty of people with honours degrees in law, business and finance who were as thick as pigshit. 

David Lammy?

Covered End said:

She should start posting on CL with her false logic. 
She believes everything she says is fact, talks quite a bit of sense, but often comes up with the wrong conclusion.