[maryfield48]

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Am I? And the people who are judging others as stupid for using a particular phrase are not [censoreds]? And when I cite a reference that quotes one of the most published and respected linguists in the USA, and contains a fairly reasoned explanation of the usage of the phrase in question, the responses are to completely ignore that content?

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That is not a reasoned explanation.

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Taken literally, if one could care less, then one must care at least a little, which is obviously the opposite of what is meant. It is so clearly logical nonsense that to condemn it for being so (as some commentators have done) misses the point. The intent is obviously sarcastic—the speaker is really saying, “As if there was something in the world that I care less about”.

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This is what you call a reason expanation? This is nothing but pure nonsence. The phrase "I could care less" is most often used by uneducated people who are just spitting back a phrase that they hear. To suggest that these morons are actually being sarcastic is nothing short of idioitc.

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I define sarcasm (in this context) as the use of words the literal meaning of which are the opposite of (or significantly at variance with) the meaning intended. You perhaps define it differently, which could give rise to the disagreement.