Is anyone else here completely aggravated by the commonly accepted ignorance in this country?
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Yes, I have noticed that too many people posting have terrible grammar and spelling skills. (I am not talking about those for whom English isn't a first language.)
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That's not a dumb question at all.  Yes, the spelling and grammar that I see online frightens me too.  I understand things like saying u instead of you or stuff like lol, because it's just to shorten things a bit.  But some of it is just plain lack of education, and that scares me.  Obviously, our country's education system just plain sucks.  Illiteracy is dangerous- without information, people do stupid things.  Without proper language skills, people have trouble getting jobs or functioning in life.  That illiteracy is so widespread today is sickening.  Even our President's grammar is horrible.  For example, "is our children learning?"  Evidently not.  This truly is the age of "every child left behind."
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Because ignorant people make it an issue.
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Because they are ignorant!
933015
How f'ing ignorant are you?
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A LONG time ago, yes.  Problem is the most ignorant are the ones that think they are the most righteous and enlightened.  Go figure...
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No. Those of our people are ignorant because they will not learn the language of the country they choose to live in. I have the same problem. I can't take it when I am at the store and they give me attitude because I asked them in English. I hope some of our people will learn English and stop being negative to our practices. Keep on talking maybe they will learn some thing.
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because of ignorant people
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yeah, America is often viewed as the country filled with people who are uneducated and have no clue what is going on around them. \nI heard a comment from a comedian, he said,\n"As a whole the U.S. is a country filled with idiots, but as a whole they are genius; Russians on the other hand are all Einsteins, but as a whole you can't find a dumber group of people." \nIt's sad, but somehow true, for example, try asking an Average American what the capital of Italy is, or even France. Americans don't care about what is going n in Dafur, in fact 95% probably didn't even hear about the country. Or ask an American to place Iraq on the map... and we are at war with this country!\nThere is nothing that anyone can do about that. But the fact that we are the most individualistic country in the world has something to do with that. People just don't care, they would rather watch American Idol, then worry about what is going on in Congress. Arrogance... \n\nOne day the political arrogance and ignorance of the general population will get us into trouble...
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haha i hate it when people do that. i think it's because they're too ignorant to learn how to speak.
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Awesome Amandy, I couldn't agree with you more.  There is a lot of ignorance in the air, and a lot of unwarranted assumptions.  Just because something/someone isn't understood doesn't mean people should assume based on there limited experience what is going on so that they can comfortably fit it into their understanding and further encourage their already misguided ego.  People should be able to look at a person and see that person as a secular human being.  Every culture has different aspects that make it unique and special, as long as you don't hurt or infringe on other human beings, you shouldn't be judged.  \n\nYou are not alone, I think I needed to say that as well, that does feel good to get off the chest.
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ignorance controls the lives of many people.
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I think a lot of it stems from the American educational system. People who've gone to school in the US usually have zero knowledge of almost anything about the rest of the world.  I don't mean to say that Americans are stupid or ignorant; but it's really frustrating to the rest of the world to see Americans who don't have a passport, have no desire to experience another culture, and couldn't tell you where Sweden is in Europe (let alone anywhere in Africa or Asia). It makes the rest of the world feel like Americans are totally oblivious couldn't care less about everyone else on the planet.
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Yet another ignorant Yank assumes the world revolves around his country.\n\nIt's 6PM here, charlie.\n\n\n.
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Probably because there are so many ignorant parents and they had ignorant parents.  I'm guessing this applied to you and you come from a long line of ignoramuses.  Do something productive with your time, go pound sand with your Butt buddy the very ignorant N-man.
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Yes, I totally agree!\n\nI'm not trying to sound ignorant here, but the average American is rather close-minded to the rest of the world. They need to get their heads out of their butts, and learn that others really do exist out there. \n\nI think that's part of the overall reason why other nations feel resentment towards them.