Fair enough, but the ones that do have the ability to use language well (HL Mencken, David Simon, Carl Sandberg, Martin Luther King, et al) are some of the most

Fair enough, but the ones that do have the ability to use language well (HL Mencken, David Simon, Carl Sandberg, Martin Luther King, et al) are some of the most valuable members of society, and I am certainly glad that such people exist.