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What is ignorance? Who is cursed by it? Is it a certain group, or just certain individuals?

The answer, my friends, is easy: Ignorance is the lack of knowledge brought about by the unwillingness to accept it. It is not known who is burdened with ignorance, but it is brought upon by one's self. It is not seen in everyone in a certain group of people, especially a political group. It is a random occurance, that might be in one person but not another.

But the most dangerous thing of all about ignorance is when anyone accuses someone of being ignorant for their political beliefs. Let's say I'm against abortion (Which I am actually) and someone says, "Well, you're ignorant because you are not allowing people the freedom to choice what they want to do, and that's totalitarianism."

Really now, am I such an idiotic person to know the issue and form an opinion on the matter, be it conservative or liberal? Isn't acknowleding the issue something that is completely the opposite of ignorance? Isn't formulating an opinion based on your ideals the opposite of ignorance. What's ignorant is when people, conservative or liberal, accuse others of being ignorant just because of their political views. If you are guility of that (Which, I used to do quite often, I shall be honest), how about you attempt to look at things the way that person does. See how they formulated their opinion, and think, "Is it that all idiotic to have a reasonable opinion on said issue?" I can tell you it will amaze you by how foolish you have been, be you a conservative or a liberal, to have accused someone of being ignorant just because of their political or moral views.

What, dude, you don't know?

What, dude, you don't know?
What do you mean?

The answer, my friends, is easy: Ignorance is the lack of knowledge brought about by the unwillingness to accept it.
That's wilful ignorance. Some people are ignorant because they are denied access to knowledge or have never found it. I agree that ignorance know no political boundaries.

Ignorance is when you can't defend your own ideas.

What do you mean?

I was answering this:
What is ignorance?

Don't worry, I was just kidding.

Ignorance is bliss

What's ignorant is when people, conservative or liberal, accuse others of being ignorant just because of their political views.
You are correct, to a point. It's only when people are mindlessly mouthing words which have no relevance to reality, or which they have obviously just adopted wholesale from their parents or others, that I aver their ignorance. There really is such a thing as mindlessness.

Ignorance is bliss

You'd think more people would be happy.

Ignorance is bliss
Great album.

"What is ignorance?"

I have no idea. :D

Ignorance is accepting conventional wisdom and society’s traditions and prejudices as absolute authority. The vast majority of human beings are ignorant.

Ignorance is the blind acceptance of facts without questioning them combined with a lack of knowledge of an opposing point of view.

Ignorance is accepting conventional wisdom and society’s traditions and prejudices as absolute authority. The vast majority of human beings are ignorant.
Can you prove it. Is having societal traditions(I.E. Christmas parties or going to a church/synagouge/mosque/temple) ignorant, or is it a part of being human. Does it not bring us together and improve our social health? The reason many believe in conventional wisdom is because it seems to be common sense to them, which is a logical path to take, as is the path you have taken. Nothing is black and white.

That's wilful ignorance. Some people are ignorant because they are denied access to knowledge or have never found it. I agree that ignorance know no political boundaries.
That is true.

Ignorance is accepting conventional wisdom and society’s traditions and prejudices as absolute authority. The vast majority of human beings are ignorant.
Remember that it is possible to question what you have been told, and then come round to the conclusion that it was right in the first place.