"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."
This is a self defining statement that is skewed at the outset for a proscribed response.
Half wits and children aren't the only ones who can point out nakedness.
It can also be the perorgative of rather normal people to point out the emperor's nakididitty
. They remain sane folks who understand who's clothed and who's not. The emperor remains naked, nevertheless...