Possibly. It is pet peeve of mine, so I could not resist. The chance that someone get called either of those things goes up the moment he is caught hacking, stealing, shooting the school or otherwise acting like an asshole. It has no relation to his actual personality nor skills nor intelligence.
Wouldn't this be covered by #9 ?
not when its' Fox News screeching about it.
apologies. I don't watch the news and had no context.