Dr. Damien P. Williams: The Birthday Beast: 1) "Willfully ignorant" is right there and less ableist, and 2) yeah a lot of people are willfully ignorant and mean about it; but a lot more people aren't, but are tired and scared and need to be shown that they can Do something about the ones who are. So let's do that.

A lot of people are racist, hateful, bigoted, and these figureheads give them permission to be their worst selves. That's really the long and the short of it.

Everyone is always afraid to say why people like Trump or Marie Le Pen have some level of popularity and it’s just that there’s a lot of people in the world who believe in racism. You end up with these goofy ass explanations for Trump where it’s NAFTA or shit and it’s like no you know what it is

I used to think the American electorate was just dumb. Now I'm convinced they're dumb and mean.

1) "Willfully ignorant" is right there and less ableist, and 2) yeah a lot of people are willfully ignorant and mean about it; but a lot more people aren't, but are tired and scared and need to be shown that they can Do something about the ones who are. So let's do that.

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