Is this a matter of bright and wrong?

Thanks to the Imperialist Dog, I just found the most complete dissection yet of an annoying topic which is fast becoming tedious: the use of the highly manipulative term "bright."

Why the constant need to come up with new, exclusive, elitist terms designed to make like-minded people feel better about themselves at the expense of others?

Sure, it's fun to be bright! That's because if you're bright, others are by definition dim. Dim is of course an alliterative synonym for dumb (itself an invitation to further political alliteration -- "dumb, dumber, dubya…").

Why the sudden display of militant triumphalism of the bright? I don't know, but I am a tad suspicious. I don't like manipulation of language for concealed political ends. Not to defend the obviously "dumb" (and certainly not "bright") Mr. Bush, but there is something just ever so more than slightly evocative of a political aroma here. "Bright" being released as an adjective right now just feels, well, political. I can't prove political intent (and, of course, the brights claim to be above politics), but I dislike being manipulated by words, and I refuse to hang my head in shame if and when the Bright People take over The World.

If they keep pushing this nonsense, I'll just call myself a "blight."