Seeing the recent Post-Dispatch editorial page headline referencing a "no-brainer" was a huge disappointment to me. ("Editorial: Even for pro-gun conservatives, banning bump stocks should be a no-brainer," June 18.)
I’m not aware of the origin of the no-brainer expression, but the first time a person used it in my presence was probably 40 years ago. It struck me as careless and offensive. Forty years later, I still cringe at the use of “no-brainer” in place of some more appropriate way of expressing the concept of something being obvious.
Today more and more families are acutely aware of having experienced a friend or family member with diminished cognitive abilities. Some to the point of being completely in need of full-time care until death.
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I may be overly sensitive but I wish that the "no-brainer" expression would be relegated to the dustbin of history starting now.
Ron Nuetze
LaBarque Creek
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