• Jhex@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The guy must be terminally stupid.

    I think the preferred term is “Proudly Ignorant”

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      Wilful ignorance was a key element in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity. It was the aggressive resistance to learning that he thought made the stupid person especially dangerous. And we see this characteristic in Trump, his sycophants like Hegseth, and his followers.