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The willfully ignorant really piss me off. You know, the sort of people who have a great number of opinions about a great number of things, none of which are based on actual fact. Not only that, they are strident in their ignorance, refusing to take the time to find those facts, even said facts are sitting directly in front of their faces. And no, this isn't a rant about communists.