Friday, March 12, 2010

Ignorance Is Bliss

Ignorance seems to be bliss in America… The American people don’t want to care about things that are happening in this world. The more important the issue, the less people truly care to understand.

In my economics class, we were shown a picture of a statue of Mao Zedong with his right arm raised and we were asked to identify him. A girl raised her hand and said, “It’s Hitler!” Everyone agreed with her and were upset to find out that it wasn’t him. First off, under the statue there was a sign that had Chinese characters, so I find it hard to believe it was Hitler. And besides, if they knew world history they would know that during WWII, China was was an Ally and was helping us fight against the Axis powers…

Another example from today was in my class following economics. Two girls walked into the room proclaiming that they would catch a cold because the room was cold. I couldn’t believe that they were serious. Cold temperature doesn’t make you sick; all it does is weaken your immune system, allowing you to get sick easier. You don’t get sick from temperature…

I’m not sure if that last example fits with this or if it just shows how stupid people really can be. Nonetheless, ignorant people piss me off and just completely annoy me to no end…

Here’s a video to show how stupid Americans can be; they don’t even understand that they’re being made fun of.

[Via http://chelseastonger.wordpress.com]

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