there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity....

[Wetzelbill]

Ignorance can be be cured, stupidity cannot.

Sometimes I wonder where over half of our country falls on all of this.....

[AmyDeLune]

1. Willful ignorance

is the same as stupidity. I know a number of intelligent people who insist on remaining ignorant (Faux is their sole new source, etc.) Scary, really...

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. You beat me to it

Stupidity can be forgiven and ignorance can be changed, but there's no excuse for willful ignorance.

[Heidi]

2. I look at it like this:

stupidity (though that's not a very nice word) is a condition some of us are born with; it doesn't affect character. Ignorance is a lifestyle defect that can be corrected and it can, indeed, affect character. I'm stupid in a lot of ways, but I try hard not to be ignorant. :shrug:

[Floogeldy]

3. You just called yourself stupid.

Don't ever do that again.

[Heidi]

4. I am stupid in some ways.

I'm not ashamed to admit that. For example, I was born with a natural math dysfunction that I've worked very hard to overcome. It's only since I was about 35 that numbers or any abstract application of numbers made sense to me. I personally don't believe stupid is the worst thing a person can be. :shrug:

[Floogeldy]

5. I said stop it.

[Heidi]

6. OK, I'll stop.

Not because you told me to, but because I made my point. :P

[Floogeldy]

7. Uh huh. That is all well and fine.

But I do not believe you.

[Heidi]

8. That's OK.

I do not seek to establish a flock of believers. :P

[Floogeldy]

9. Now, you see?

I happen to know that only stupid people seek to establish a flock of believers.

Ha ha! Try to wiggle out of that one!

[Heidi]

10. Hey! Know what?

[Floogeldy]

11. I'm flockin' to believe in that!

;)

[NMMNG]

13. Then there are the truly stupid who choose to remain ignorant.

They are lost causes.