The distinction is by no means subtle, but it never occurred to me so plainly: It's not really people that I hate, it's throngs. I'm not a misanthrope after all. Stupid people bug me though, even one at a time. But being as how I often mistake people who are smarter than me for being stupider, I know that it's not safe for me to make assumptions even when I have pretty good evidence. Damn. Peoples is grief.