Not surprisingly, people often confuse well spoken individuals with intelligent individuals. We've probably all met the incredibly polished and well spoken person who was otherwise dumb as a sack of hammers
...this seems like a needlessly low attack on the man. Why do you perceive him to be as dumb as a bag of hammers?
A respected actor, comedian and presenter he has also authored a number of novels and several non-fiction works and graduated from one of the most respected educational institutions in the entire world.
How does your link make Fry out to be as dumb as a bag of hammers? You may dislike him personally (shrug) but that does not make the man stupid.
I would also agree that the Register are being needlessly cruel by inviting readers to comb though his statements and then popularise his mistakes. I very much doubt any person on earth could withstand that kind of scrutiny, not even politicians who have armies of people to protect them from making quantative and qualitative mistakes.
Fry speaks as eccentric British comedians from the upper middle class speak. I guess non-natives just don't get it.
That is a poor example for you to choose. Stephen Fry is completely and utterly right.
The Supreme Court also think so [1] as does the Rational Wiki [2] and Salman Rushdie [3]. Fry has expressed a sentiment that a great deal of thinkers and speakers have expressed. Others that have echoed his statement include Phillip Pullman, Penn and Teller, Christopher Hitchens, Lord Mawhinney and other legislators.
Celebrity endorsements run a distant second to the Supreme Court though.
I am unsure how that qualifies Fry as dumb as a bag of hammers? Do you think that people do have a right to be offended? How would such a right be defended?
The classic example being Stephen Fry.