Tag: Willful ignornace
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Republicans & The Culture Of Ignorance
Republicans didn’t always used to be champions of ignorance. Funny irony? When the Republican Party was founded back in 1854 (Abraham Lincoln was among its founders), their anti-slavery mission statement spoke of their dedication to classical liberalism and real economic opportunity for all Americans not just the moneyed class. As Heather Cox Richardson points out…
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Hey, America — Here’s A Radical Idea: Let’s Tax The Ignorant
I hope like hell this isn’t a revelation: ignorance is blissful only for the ignorant. Ignorance is expensive as hell for everyone else. Ignorance is caused by lack of information. Willful ignorance is a refusal to accept information that would cure the ignorance. Stupidity, on the other hand, is just that — stupidity. It’s deep-seated…