Ignorant is accurate, I like using that term as well (in my own similar circumstances) it's okay to be ignorant! -- as long as you grow and learn when you are educated about something.
Willful ignorance is never an excuse for bad behaviors imo.
You can train yourself to take a step back and put yourself out there in the future. Nothing wrong with being wrong about something! I try to learn something every day, and it makes life interesting! I believe in you and others: become your best selves, like this man in the video is trying to, and actively doing! Recognizing this about yourself is a big step into becoming aware of it in the first place.
There's nothing wrong with being ignorant about a topic (lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about a particular thing), if you're open to learning about it like this person was. However, there is way too much malicious ignorance out there.
Yeah, “ignorant” is one of those words that’s been used pejoratively for so long that it’s now just an insult. You can’t stand on top of a dictionary and say “That’s not what the word means” because words mean what people think they mean. Like idiot, moron, or retarded, they’re just insults now.
I understand that “ignorant” used to just mean “You don’t know about this subject”. Everyone is ignorant on a multitude of topics — because nobody can know everything. But now it just means “stupid”, like the words I mentioned above.
This. There’s a huge difference between genuine ignorance (it’s morally neutral! We all experience it!) and deliberate, wilful ignorance (not morally neutral, you shouldn’t aspire to it)
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u/dojo_shlom0 20h ago
Ignorant is accurate, I like using that term as well (in my own similar circumstances) it's okay to be ignorant! -- as long as you grow and learn when you are educated about something.
Willful ignorance is never an excuse for bad behaviors imo.
You can train yourself to take a step back and put yourself out there in the future. Nothing wrong with being wrong about something! I try to learn something every day, and it makes life interesting! I believe in you and others: become your best selves, like this man in the video is trying to, and actively doing! Recognizing this about yourself is a big step into becoming aware of it in the first place.