Ignorance + Arrogance = Idiots

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There is the blissfully ignorant and the knowledgeable / know-it-all arrogant. But the combination of both is something truly special. People too arrogant to want to know more and arrogant enough to impose that no one else should too. A person too ignorant of what others know and ignorant enough to assume they know more than everyone else. I present to you the Idiot.

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