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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (9 children)

When you have nothing left but fear and hate…

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One could argue that stupidity is just a lack of intelligence, so it's not really something you have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

if you weaponize lack of intelligence, you have stupidity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No, that's ignorance, which is not a moral failing. These people are stupid. Willfully-ignorant, head in the sand, turn their heads, keep others from bettering themselves, stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ignorance is not having knowledge, you can be both stupid and knowledgable or intelligent and ignorant. Not knowing how to wash your clothes is being ignorant, not being able to figure out how to wash your clothes is being stupid.

EDIT: Not to mention that someone can be stupid in one area and insanely intelligent in another. It's not a direct personality trait, although people will probably categorize other people based on the categories in which they are one or the other.

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