How do you tone down stupidity?

That is a puzzlement. If stupid is as low as one can go, how can you go below stupid? Is "stoopid" less than stupid? Alphabetically, to be sure, it isn't, but metaphysically? And is "dumber than dirt" worse than stupid? Or "stoopid", for that matter? And finally, if Glenn Beck made a complete ass of himself and no network was there to broadcast it, is he still dumber than dirt? We report, you decide.

Media Matters - Beck on his new role at ABC: "How do you tone down honesty? You just are who you are"

During an interview on the March 18 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources, host Howard Kurtz asked Glenn Beck, host of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck, if he will "be toning it down a bit" during his upcoming appearances as a "regular commentator" on ABC's Good Morning America. Beck told Kurtz: "No. I mean, I think my success comes from being honest. ... How do you tone down honesty? You just are who you are."

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