In Reply to: there is a whole range between dumb and ignorant vs posted by blindness on December 06, 2024 at 17:43:13
lacking knowledge. Dumb means the inability to speak. "Thinking" doesn't really delineate anyone since they could be thinking about their navel or a rock in the backyard. The masses of trump supporters are ignorant pure and simple.
Your statement that "energies are spent on things that are more immediate in their lives, their work, their families, football, trying to work through their limited budget, etc." is very true. That means they are not only ignorant of the facts, but that they also are not thinking to understand them, and are not interested in learning.
I think anyone who votes has a basic responsibility to know what they are voting for. The sad truth is the people you described are not just ignorant about politics. They are ignorant of most things outside the tiny sphere of their personal lives. They don't understand politics, science, economics, or much of anything else.
Most of them may be nice people, but I have no problem calling them ignorant and intellectually lazy.