Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
That said, I'm not sure willful stupidity is possible -- do people really choose to be stupid, or does their stupidity stem from their misguided confidence in malformed but highly attractive ideas? If someone is willfully stupid, then I guess making fun of them would be okay, since they, by the presence of their will, know that they are saying stupid things and would not be harmed or insulted.
Willful stupidity occurs when people ignore refutations of their ideas and procede as if they haven't been refuted.