When you mix this with
outspoken people,
the man,
politicians and/or
leaders, this is
something I really hate. I put it
on par with
hate crime.
In my world, an action fuelled by ignorance would be a
felony,
punishable by death. In many cases this is the
full or
partial reason for
hate crime, which is one of the
big reasons
why I hate it so much.
It does not particularly
irk me if
some idiot decides to
brazenly go out into the world and do
something phenomenally stupid (see
Darwin Award).
What pisses me off is when that something affects me.
This is shit. This is
bad. It's about as close to
evil malevolence as you can get without actually
being it.
Of course I don't necessarily mean
total ignorance of the subject. It can be action based on
misconception or
misperception. Because of that it is
closely linked with
bad judgement and
quick judgement. It's still
stupid.
Major proponents of this type of thing include
the media and
the man.
Even
idiots who vote perpetrate this
evil sin. It is often the cause of
stupid laws that are passed. For instance in many cases proposals to
censor the internet can be linked to this. Classical case example is
in Australia.
It has
played a
major role in
history, often
bloody. Notably, it was used by the
Church to
manipulate the
masses.
Unfortunately it will still play a part in the
future.
Many purpetrators of these crimes are often over
zealous religious fundamentalist right wing rednecks, or a
combination of one or more of the afore stated. And
assholes to boot.
I would
point out that you have you have a
legal right to say your mind. You have an
ethical responsibility to be informed before you act upon it.
Action fuelled by ignorance is intrinsically wrong.
See also:
Action fuelled by irrational hatred
Action fuelled by zeal
Action fuelled by religion