Reply #15: This person is just ignorant

[Uben]

That's how I explain these wackos to young folks. My daughter's boyfriend (20 yr old) and I had a conversation last night and he was asking me political questions about things he had been told by one of these wackos. I told him the person who he was listening to was ignorant of the facts. When someone makes blatant statements without backing them up with fact, ninety-nine percent of the time, they are false. I debunked every falsehood he brought forth (thanks DU), and explained to him it is his responsibility to question every thing these people say, and insist they back it up with facts.....then check their facts, because they are probably misinformed. Most people aren't as knowledgable as those of us who follow politics on a daily basis. They may listen to a Limbaugh or a Beck or quote Faux News, and are just passing along what they hear. And, a lot of them truly believe what they are told, because that is what they want to hear. Since these people don't research anything, they are just ignorant. They aren't necessarily bad people, just ignorant.
I see people who are successful, seemingly smart people, spreading these lies. Young folks tend to believe them because of their success in life. I really think they think they are doing their part for their party by spreading the propoganda, regardless of the harm it is doing to the country. And that makes them......ignorant.