The Arrogance Of Ignorance

Epitome of Arrogance and Ignorance

An ignorant man may not necessarily be arrogant; nor an arrogant man ignorant.  But when one exhibits both of these characteristics, one can become very dangerous to a free and open society.  Usually accompanied by loud and shrill voices, drowning out any dissension, arrogant ignorance typically manifests itself in haughtiness, superiority, and condescension, none of which are deserved.   Yet we see this every day as identity politics segregate its adherents from everyone else, and as such divides the culture.

I notice this high level of intolerance - manifested in a sense of superiority - exhibited by certain radical groups, especially Muslims, and their fellow travelers Democrat Progressives (I like to call them Regressives). Upon what is this sense of superiority based?  Development of cultural advancements for mankind as a whole?  Scientific discoveries that enhance the human condition?  A political system of individual liberty that is fair, open and inclusive of all?  Perhaps seeking enlightenment by developing a higher level of being?  Nope.  Nada.  Not any of these.  At least not in the last two thousand years.    What, then, drives this arrogance, this ignorance shrouded in superiority?

In a word: hate.  Hate for all things not them.  Intolerance by orders of magnitude.  They destroy, but do not create.  They lack knowledge but do not seek it.  In truth they are not superior to anything, and they know this intrinsically.  That's why they hate what they are not, and what they cannot be.  Therefore it must be destroyed so as to not remind them of their inferiority. Here is a prime example of arrogant, ignorant condescension from a democrat regressive.

So we, as civilized people, find ourselves at odds with blindly intolerant, ignorant arrogance.  They cannot be persuaded, swayed, reasoned with or coexisted with, so intense is their raging hatred.  But in acting out this rabid contentious nature, they bring destruction to the civilized way of life, both in politics and culture.  And at that point these conflicting ideas escalate from being a merely philosophical difference into a physical conflict.  And that is where we are now in dealing with radical ignorant arrogance.  

Haters Gonna Hate: The Ignorant Illusion of Superiority

Unfortunately the arrogant and ignorant don't really want to know the truth, they want to know that what they believe is the truth.  And some are willing to kill - and to die - for that illusion.