The Definitive “People Who Thought Chechnya was the Czech Republic” Collection

[riverwalker]

I just have no words to describe the ignorance.

http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/48547675807/the-definitive-people-who-thought-chechnya-was-the

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The cool thinkg about Twitter is, when you are stupid

you are stupid in front of the whole world.

[mikeysnot]

2. the Internet is making a lot of people stupid

very stupid and giving them a platform to show off how stupid they are.

[Posteritatis]

3. My poor, abused brain. :( (nt)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Reminds me of this:

[Aristus]

5. I want to live on a smarter planet.

[kysrsoze]

6. OMG. The level of stupid in this country just gives me a headache.

[KittyWampus]

7. Yes, I knew about Chechnya. But it's hardly a commonly discussed country.

[dballance]

8. You Can See the Level of Intelligence by the Frequent use of "Towel Heads"

And the overall disappointment that these guys weren't "towel heads." I never cease to be disappointed by my fellow human beings.

[gordianot]

11. The prime cause of Sikh persecution in this country is their turban.

Murkins are choosy with their hats.

[reformist2]

9. This must be the tip of the iceberg, since all these guys spelled 'Czech' correctly.

That public shaming site should probably search for people talking about 'Checks.'

[gordianot]

10. I really had not thought of anyone confusing Czech with Chechnya.

Should have known better Geography is not a strong subject in schools. Of course you do know Hitler was an Aussie he was born in Australia and moved to Germany.

[dballance]

13. I Can't Believe I was Actually Shocked About That

I would never have thought people would confuse the two. Boy was I wrong.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. Well they are about a close to one another as Iraq and Afghanistan.

How do these people find their way home at night?

[kudzu22]

14. Good thing they weren't from Georgia

Could get ugly.

[zaireeka]

15. Abe Froman czechs in

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Lmao

[DainBramaged]

17. My ancestry is Czech

from back when it also included oSlovikia.

[LeftinOH]

18. Brought to you by "the people who went to war in Iraq because of

the actions of some Saudi Arabian terrorists acting on the orders of a Saudi Arabian living in Afghanistan." The level of ignorance about the outside world has horrifying consequences.

[alsame]

19. This teabagger avatar is

redundant once you read the post.

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[hlthe2b]

20. When Atlanta had the summer Olympics, those calling to purchase tickets from New Mexico were sent

to the INTERNATIONAL lines.... This was documented and I do not believe only an isolated event.

That we have a subset of Americans who are truly among the world's most ignorant is beyond words and quite depressing, but true.