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(52,253 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:20 PM Dec 2018

why is it that "supremacists" are so damn proud of their stupidity?

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why is it that "supremacists" are so damn proud of their stupidity? (Original Post) unblock Dec 2018 OP

Profoundly stupid people don't know they're stupid Cary Dec 2018 #1

The Dunning-Kruger effect - they're too stupid to know they're stupid. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #2

it's something worse than that. unblock Dec 2018 #3

Their god prefers people who don't know anything FiveGoodMen Dec 2018 #5

ah, they're trying to be pure and free from original sin unblock Dec 2018 #10

Shallow sense of identity. We need to be kind to children. violetpastille Dec 2018 #4

Like a toddler proud of his poopy Blue Owl Dec 2018 #6

Rump says: "I know how to get everyone to notice how good I can poopy!" ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #7

Stephen Miller wants a second glass of that yummy punch! Blue Owl Dec 2018 #8

Stephen Miller has found a new toupee! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #9

Cary

(11,746 posts)

1. Profoundly stupid people don't know they're stupid

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:21 PM

Dec 2018

And hate runs deep.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,733 posts)

2. The Dunning-Kruger effect - they're too stupid to know they're stupid.

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:21 PM

Dec 2018

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(52,253 posts)

3. it's something worse than that.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:57 PM

Dec 2018

it's more like they know they're stupid but they think it's actually an advantage.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

5. Their god prefers people who don't know anything

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:37 PM

Dec 2018

New American Standard Bible:

At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

unblock

(52,253 posts)

10. ah, they're trying to be pure and free from original sin

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 08:16 PM

Dec 2018

as in, they never ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge....

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)

4. Shallow sense of identity. We need to be kind to children.

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:14 PM

Dec 2018

Give them enough time to play.

Don't tell them they are stupid or call them names.

Feed them and give them a safe place to sleep at night.

Not everybody has to considered "smart" but we all need to feel important. And if you've been told all your life that you are stupid, you will weaponize that insult against the rest of the world.

Unless...you get lucky and someone shows you a way out of abuse and racist indoctrination. It's easier for some than others to escape that culture.