firroth i speak spanish, dutch, italian, portugues, little bit English and german and in all of those langues donkey means stupid.
Spanish (burro) Dutch (ezel) Italian (asino) portugues (burro) English (donkey) and German (esel)
the following phrases use people normaly to call someone stupid/donkey in all those langues.
English--you're more stupid than a donkey
Spanish--eres mas estupido que un burro
Dutch-- je bent nog dommer dan een ezel
Italian--sei piu stupido di un asino
portugues--voce e mais estupido que um burro
German--du bist dümmer als ein esel
if you see stupid is more normaly than calling someone donkey, that is why you see in the phrases the word MORE. So this is consistent with what wikipedia says.
Whether it is English, Spanish, German, Silly or Alien, your translation of the word "donkey" in its literal sense is plain dumb, pardon my frustration.
Donkey is "metaphorically" referred to as, like what you mentioned above, stupid, silly and blah blah blah.. But like all metaphors, they are simply references and nothing more than a figure of speech or implied comparison of something. As such, different people can have different version of interpretation of the word.
Stop trying so hard to be Mr. Know-It-All but rather try taking some time to digest the meaning of my posts before sending me a copy of your curriculum vitae.
Looks rather silly because even though we are speaking the same language, you seem to have disastrously sidetracked from the main point. For the last time, I approve your interpretation of the word as it is your prerogative to interpret it in whatever manner you may seem fit. My only problem was, to kindly remind you "Not to impose your self-translated analogy to others". You may however, like all other decent lads before you, leave a comment of what you think the word means.
In short, you should in future phrase your hypothesis in a pattern that would portray it to be more of an opinion rather than a statement of fact.
I rest my case.