What did the word viscerally add to the offence you took at that person's existance? I can't think of a time when you've indicated you were offended that you didn't feel emotional about that. How was this instance any different?
My offense at St Leo is not mere intellectual distaste - it is a base and powerful emotional response to his juxtaposition of bombastic language with an inconsequential issue. On a first reading he's already convinced me that I wish he didn't exist; contrast this with, say, lawyers, where I have to think a bit and confirm that they really provide no value to society before deciding they should be sent off to the work camps.
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