Amazing Ignorance

Posted Jul 14 at 6:03 PM

I was intending on writing about my glorious vacation. I was going to freely admit that I should've bought a higher SPF sunscreen. Damn sunburn. I was going to brag about wading in the ocean among the jellyfish with a feeling of contentment and bliss. I was even going to express my disappointment over not seeing any sharks. I looked like hell, but failed to see a fin breaking the surface of the water. But alas, I have something else on my mind.

Ignorance is on my mind. Total, unblissful ignorance -- which, by the way, could be called stupidity.

It never ceases to amaze me the ignorance that some people carry around with them. It must be tiring to be shouldering that load and trying to keep that empty, uninformed head afloat. I would imagine that it is downright exhausting.

It is perfectly acceptable to have an opinion about something. I would hope that we've all managed to acquire enough learning through our lives to be able to form an opinion on a certain topic. Let's face it. We are ALL judgmental on some level or another. There is not one single person in this universe who does not form an opinion on any given individual. We would have to do that in order to determine whether we like someone or not.

However, it is ignorant to form an opinion on a particular grouping of people when you, yourself, are one of those people. Being ignorant to one's own appearance askews people's opinion of them. Let me give you an example of what I am talking about...

Mary bashes women who are heavy and ugly. She, in so many words, states that fat, ugly people aren't worth a damn. As she makes this bold and unintelligent statement, people look at her in confusion, because Mary happens to be fat and ugly as sin. People look down upon her. They question her sanity and everything she says from that point on.

Mary has managed to discredit herself by living in her little ignorant world.

Some people are just so damn stupid and have no qualms about showing their stupidity off. It never ceases to amaze me.