RE: DSFLAT does not really...9 Nov 2023 13:09
Don't agree with "I don't agree that anyone should be called stupid because of what they believe".
Often people believe silly things because they are uneducated, ignorant, unresearched and have an arrogant contempt for those that actually do know something. They don't even know what they don't know and consider others stupid or that they are the ones gullible to some conspiracy from above. Dunning-Kruger complex describes this.
To me, in certain circumstances, this is a good enough definition of 'stupid' and is exacerbated by their contempt of others who don't agree with their blinkered view of the World.
Flat Earthers are a classic case......
Rant over......But I do have the freedom to make this rant, except maybe in Student Unions, the Civil Service, the BBC, a lot of belligerent minority activists and Channel 4.