LOL... John Stuart Mill has a point there!

But stupidity is also a matter of degree. For the slightly-stupid conservatives it's often a matter of short-sight, where they fixate on a benefit (ie., lower tax) without realizing the consequence (ie., increased debt). For the ridiculously stupid conservatives it's a complete and willful inability to understand any part of political reality at all. I think Mill was referring to the ridiculously stupid because ALL conservatives are at least slightly-stupid... unless they are a self-interested part of the 1%.