I'm Tired of America's Ignorance

I’m sick of the level of acceptance in this country. People have become so willing to be led along by a leash that they don’t even feel the collar anymore.

Ignorance is a major problem in this country and it disgusts me that so many people either hide behind or ignore the problem based on the idea of tolerance.

Take the housing crash for instance, this happened for one simple reason. Greedy SOB’s sold bad products, sometimes illegal products to stupid people. That may be slightly unfair, the people may not be outright dumb, but they certainly weren’t smart enough to learn the ins and outs of buying a house.

Stupidity and greed put us here. And have we done anything about it? If we have I haven’t seen it. There are no big new programs to educate the huddled masses. There are no new oversight committees. There are no new laws. Why? Because we tolerate stupidity and greed for some reason.

Creationism is another excellent example. Do not ask me to tolerate this viewpoint, I will not tolerate ignorance if it affects me. I will tolerate your philosophies on spirituality because neither your views nor mine can be proved. But creationism has been roundly beaten, over and over again. It can’t win a case in court, it can’t win one accredited scientist to its side, it can’t publish one, not ONE, peer reviewed paper, hell it can’t even get people to go see its movie. Yet I’m supposed to respect some wackaloon because they believe what someone else told them a book said? Lot’s of books say lot’s of things, being in a book does not mean something is true, regardless of who the alleged author is.

When do we stop tolerating this crap? When do we stop letting ignorance and laziness slide by? Why do we do nothing?

Because we’re just as lazy and ignorant as all the rest. Instead of doing something about it we just sit there and wait for the next newscast of the next stupid thing to come along.

Do something! Punish stupidity (no torture or death please, I was thinking more along the lines of educating with maybe a little mocking), make your voice heard, write your congressman, press your boss to better the company you work for, do anything! If we all just did one little thing a week think at how much better this world could be. It won’t be perfect, but better is a good start.