Politicians seem to rise to the heights of their imbecility and power about the same time most people go senile. 

12 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Until the 20th century, when all three terms were scrapped as offensive, imbecile was a clinical term for intellectual disability between idiot and moron.

And some people use the words imbecile, moron, and idiot synonymously for any person who is mentally disabled.  Th is use of the word has diluted the meaning of someone making imbecilic comments from foolish or nonsensical to meaning idiotic or stupid.  It's similar to how the word queer, which means odd or peculiar, came to define people who love someone of the same sex.  

On 6/12/2023 at 10:12 AM, JamesSavik said:

Politicians seem to rise to the heights of their imbecility and power about the same time most people go senile. 

Unfortunately, @JamesSavik, you are correct.