Belly: "a comment that some one is a dolt."

I made that comment because the comment by the person to whom I was responding was so completely bereft of any form of rationality. It wasn't a "personal insult", but was directed at the comments in question, as was made clear by the preceding remarks I made. I could have chosen a lengthy circumlocution to express my view, but frankly, "dolt" is pithy and far easier on the reader. A well-chosen epithet can say more in one word than 1000 weasel words. Who would you rather listen to: Kevin Rudd going around and around in circles, avoiding saying anything to give offence to anyone, or Paul Keating, cutting to the heart of an issue, making it personal?