The way I talk to people is influenced heavily by a dichotomy that I categorize people on, loosely based on what I know about them. It keeps me from becoming enraged:
The accidentally ignorant.
The willfully ignorant.
I will not even bother trying to change the opinion of the willfully ignorant. I will attempt to play with them, subtly make fun of them, and do it in public so that I can influence the accidentally ignorant. I cannot stand to engage the willfully ignorant as an equal, as they are beneath me. When they attempt to identify with me or put me in a category, I have to check myself to keep from being enraged.
Recently, it's been the SJW/feminist mindset that falls into this category. In the past, socialists or communists or what have you fell into this category. I try to have sympathy with their mindset, as I realize that you can step from accidentally ignorant to willfully ignorant if you have enough brainwashing beyond your control, but it's a waste of my time to engage them, still. They have to confront reality hard enough to shake them, and that is usually extremely unlikely.
I hate groupthink. Sometimes I slip into the habit myself. The willfully ignorant immerse themselves in only like-minded opinions. Having been atheist before it was "normal" and now anarchist (not that kind of anarchist) for so long, I'm always surrounded by people I disagree with strongly, and I get a tingly feeling on the back of my neck when I find too many people agreeing with me, because it means something is totally wrong.
So that's it, the reason for peoples' ignorance. Accidental or willful. I absolutely cannot stand the latter. I always try to remedy the former in myself.
The accidentally ignorant.
The willfully ignorant.
I will not even bother trying to change the opinion of the willfully ignorant. I will attempt to play with them, subtly make fun of them, and do it in public so that I can influence the accidentally ignorant. I cannot stand to engage the willfully ignorant as an equal, as they are beneath me. When they attempt to identify with me or put me in a category, I have to check myself to keep from being enraged.
Recently, it's been the SJW/feminist mindset that falls into this category. In the past, socialists or communists or what have you fell into this category. I try to have sympathy with their mindset, as I realize that you can step from accidentally ignorant to willfully ignorant if you have enough brainwashing beyond your control, but it's a waste of my time to engage them, still. They have to confront reality hard enough to shake them, and that is usually extremely unlikely.
I hate groupthink. Sometimes I slip into the habit myself. The willfully ignorant immerse themselves in only like-minded opinions. Having been atheist before it was "normal" and now anarchist (not that kind of anarchist) for so long, I'm always surrounded by people I disagree with strongly, and I get a tingly feeling on the back of my neck when I find too many people agreeing with me, because it means something is totally wrong.
So that's it, the reason for peoples' ignorance. Accidental or willful. I absolutely cannot stand the latter. I always try to remedy the former in myself.