stupidity of stupid

Here's another thing I really want to talk about. Why is everyone so afraid of the word "stupid." You know, at one point, anyone who did anything stupid, was merely referred to as "stupid." But then something happened. A few years passed, and the western world encountered racism, and what were these people called? "Ignorant." Yes, the racists were "ignorant." DUDE, they were fuckin' STUPID. See stupid sounds harsher; ignorant rolls off the tongue nicely. Don't believe me? Let's continue shall we?George Carlin brings up and excellent point when he mentions that we no longer have "stupid" kids, we have "learning disabilities." Now okay, yes, some kids, they can't read as well as others, and not every kid is good at math. But have you seen the kids in some classes, who have ADD and ADHD, and they throw things across he classroom, and they say the teacher's a bitch and a slut and a whore, you know, those kids? Those kids are STUPID, plain and simple, END of story.Another thing to think about, the word "dumb." This is the softest, kindest, most "try not to make things sounds harsh" word ever. Dumb. The word is just so unstressed. There's no power, no anger. If you're calling someone dumb, do they actually get offended? They'd get more offended if you said they were a friggin' idiot!

Ah idiot, now there's a GOOD word for describing people. Stupid people are idiots. Okay okay, I'm getting off track, how "dumb" of me. Okay, let me continue from where I left off when talking about "ignorant." So we go from stupid, to ignorant, and then what? The next wonderful term that comes along is... "unintelligent." Unintelligent? First problem with this word: it has "intelligent" in it. Psychologically, that makes it sound A LOT better than a word that just means the opposite of smart: STUPID! Okay, other problem: stupid and unintelligent are NOT the same thing. Intelligence refers to logical thinking, reason, and education. Therefore unintelligence would be a lack of these things. Stupid is more than this. Stupid includes lacking common sense. Haven't you ever met someone who gets incredible marks in school, but doesn't know how to interact with people, and makes decisions without giving them much thought? These people are intelligent, but STUPID. Maybe you've met someone the other way around: not so good in school, but a very good person with a good grasp on life. These people are unintelligent SMART people. Everyone's different!Okay, so, now we're at "unintelligent," so where do we go from here? Next, we end up with two words that piss me off: "misinformed," and "uneducated." These are the most common terms we see used in daily life. People make misinformed, uneducated decisions, or have midinformed, uneducated opinions. No no no. These people are STUPID. If someone thinks that black people should be killed, or ALL Jewish people are cheap, or ALL gay guys are into fashion and talk like girls... these people are not uneducated, misinformed, unintelligent people who are dumb. No no no, these are uneducated, misinformed, unintelligent dumb IDIOTS who are STUPID. End of story.Okay, the reason why I don't like the term "misinformed." The main problem I have with this word is that it gives the illusion that someone who thinks that, for example, black people aren't equal, just needs "information" in order to make it better. Giving them information is not going to make them realize that black people are equal. You know why? Cause they're STUPID. They're not even going to know what to do with the information!My problem with "uneducated." Again, it creates the illusion that if you spend more money on schools, somehow, all of the racist, sexist, homophobic, heterosexist, ageist, speciest, chauvonist assholes are suddenly going to disappear. No, that is not the case. Some people, no matter how much time you spend educating them, will still be STUPID. Yes, there are SOME people, who may have a certain opinion about a certain group of people, and yes, maybe they will learn and better understand what it is they are doing that is incorrect. But then there are these people, who have these idiotic, moronic beliefs, who will NOT be helped by education. Education will not teach them that nobody is less than anyone else. These people are NOT uneducated, they're stupid.

So what is my point? Quite simply, to try and understand what is really going on before you just decide to label somebody as something. Some people may be uneducated, some people may be misinformed, some people may be dumb, but you know what? When I go outside, or when I turn on the news, or when I read a newspaper, and I read about wars, and rallies, and religious extremists, and see ads for products that have people wearing next to no clothing (or ads about plastic surgery or beauty care), I can't help but think... there are A LOT of STUPID people out there!One last thing: parents have GOT to stop teaching their kids that stupid is a bad word. I mean sure, it's not nice to call people stupid. But kids should understand that some people ARE stupid. Maybe then we can finally get rid of words like "dumb."Hey, maybe you even think I'm stupid, or this is stupid. You know what? If so, go ahead and say it, because I'd rather hear people using the word "stupid" than "misinformed" anyday.