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Phlem

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35. I do believe it's called willful ignorance.

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 11:28 PM

Mar 2013

I deal with it everyday in my family and extended family on my wife's side. It's an epidemic in this country and along with this notion that "my ignorance is just as important as his facts so F off". They're eye's glaze over the simplest example and then they spout off and froth at the mouth.

I's an impenetrable wall and I am frankly tired of dealing with it.

Now I just make fun of them, its a laugh and it makes me feel better.

I'm open to any other options.

-p

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Ignorant people are really starting to bum me out. [View all] Cleita Mar 2013 OP

My craphole town is full of people like him. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #1

How do we deprogram them? Cleita Mar 2013 #2

I don't know that we can. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #3

They are. This is really a problem. Cleita Mar 2013 #4

Its mindset and paradigms which are fundamental to their perception of reality. airplaneman Mar 2013 #26

Isn't starting them early all part of the method? BadgerKid Mar 2013 #55

Yep. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #58

That's the perfect term: zombies October Mar 2013 #18

So he was John2 Mar 2013 #5

Well, not quite. He would have been about eighteen in 1952, but Cleita Mar 2013 #6

Good for you. Don't let these idiots go unchallenged (while keeping yourself safe, of course). n/t Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #7

I'm not too worried about old people. I have backed off Cleita Mar 2013 #10

That's very wise. More and more people are starting to crack under the pressure all the time. n/t Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #44

I've decided not to let stupid shit pass anymore. DirkGently Mar 2013 #8

You are so right. We can't shut up anymore. Cleita Mar 2013 #9

They're angry because their emotional response isn't supported by the facts. DirkGently Mar 2013 #12

I agree with you October Mar 2013 #19

Now that I think about it, I have asked, in the past, where Cleita Mar 2013 #20

Argue with an 80 y.o.? Why? xtraxritical Mar 2013 #34

Your comment, "this is what is wrong with old people today" is rather broad-brushed, isn't it?..... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #11

Not really. I'm an old people myself (73) and I'm getting fed up with my peer Cleita Mar 2013 #13

No, you're just getting fed up with the people you encounter who turn out to be ignorant.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #14

I think at our age, experience and I hope some education would make Cleita Mar 2013 #15

I agree Samantha Mar 2013 #49

Waaait a minute - LiberalElite Mar 2013 #16

You are sixty. OMG, you could be my boy toy! Cleita Mar 2013 #17

kinda tossed the age question PatrynXX Mar 2013 #27

I take umbrage to all the references in posts to "old white men" blah, blah, blah... xtraxritical Mar 2013 #40

I think your umbrage is rather misplaced. For one thing I didn't Cleita Mar 2013 #41

Many posts use the term old white men and you generalize "old people" the same way. nuff said. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #48

Because the 80 year old confronted me first? Cleita Mar 2013 #52

I think 60 is middle-aged (meaning simply you are in the middle of your life) Samantha Mar 2013 #51

It's tough for Democrats watoos Mar 2013 #21

Hey welcome to DU! Cleita Mar 2013 #22

I was this way until President Obama was re-elected. Zax2me Mar 2013 #23

In spite of the pain it causes my brain BobbyBoring Mar 2013 #24

Also, they benefit from the same UNIONS as the entertainers. Cleita Mar 2013 #25

The "silent" generation as it's called had an easy life. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #28

I totally agree, Cleita, and I am one of the elderly. juajen Mar 2013 #29

Hi Juajen. Cleita Mar 2013 #32

He's wealthy abelenkpe Mar 2013 #30

You are absolutely right. But I'm rather used to being treated as inferior, Cleita Mar 2013 #31

Oh, I dunno if it's an "old people thing", I think it's more of... Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #33

I do believe it's called willful ignorance. Phlem Mar 2013 #35

Making fun of them is good as long as they let you get away with it. Cleita Mar 2013 #38

Thanks Cletia Phlem Mar 2013 #53

Did you follow him to the local Moose Lodge to hear him talk about the hippie he met? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #36

I would have but he decided he didn't want to finish the conversation Cleita Mar 2013 #37

I always ask if they're leaving because their Depends need changing. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #39

A conservative I know I bought about 40 pismo clams, and tried to tell me they were bay scallops. Zorra Mar 2013 #42

I live next door to Pismo Beach and I know clamming was a big thing a long Cleita Mar 2013 #43

Good for you, Cleita ! Kath1 Mar 2013 #45

Thank you Kath1 Cleita Mar 2013 #46

The Dumbing Down Here Is In Full Gear colsohlibgal Mar 2013 #47

When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to meet young people from various Cleita Mar 2013 #59

I have been around diffrent areas of the country and it never surprises me. Knightraven Mar 2013 #50

One of the problems you're encountering, has to do with education and integrity, Trillo Mar 2013 #54

stupid asshole, he is the one who first approached you JI7 Mar 2013 #56

good on you for doing that CreekDog Mar 2013 #57