While stupidity comes in so many forms, the question really is why do we fight over so many inconsequential issues? When there are such great issues at stake, why do we get bogged down over the little things? Well, because sometimes the little things just should not be ignored. You let some things slide and, whoops, there goes the neighborhood.

Don’t believe me? Well, why not let graduate schools give out Masters of Science for Creationism? Hell, let’s let atheists form their own church, call stop signs “go signs” and let white dogs go unharassed (I’m looking at you, poodles!!!).

Seriously, sometimes the little things have to matter because of the important in a consistent standard of intelligence. Unadulterated stupidity needs to be dealt with swiftly, but courteously.

Three easy steps to adulterating stupidity:

1. When you hear someone say something wrong, be it factually or opinion based, point out his or her error.
2. Explain why they are wrong, as calmly as possible, but forcefully and with confidence.
3. If they refuse to believe you, then let them be. You’ve tried your best and sometimes you’ve got to … um, let stupidity skip a generation?

The Kid Concern

Speaking of step 3, if the person whose intelligence is in question has kids, then you should feel morally obligated to help instill common sense into their children. Now, the ignorant parents might accuse you of “meddling” and that you should “mind your own business” but here is the most important part:

Their children are part of your business. Not only do you help support them through paying taxes (ooooh, do you feel the anger rising?) but those kids are going to have just as much an impact in the future on our society as their parents are having today. Starting to see just how much business their procreation has on you?

Conclusion

Therefore, you must do your part to help stop stupidity where it starts!

No! Not genetically! Holy crap, don’t go eugenics on me here….

I just mean socially speaking you can play your part in mitigating stupidity all around you.  Follow the three easy steps above, and you’ll be well on you way to making this world a less dumber place.

Just, make sure you don’t go attending Klan rallies so you can point out their racism… (we don’t want stupidity going around eliminating the “smarties”).

Everyone likes to be right.

Heck, even I enjoy this guilty pleasure.  However, there is just something special about being righteously indignant.  Nothing quite beats being indignant, except being right about it, too.

The only problem is that most the time, indignation can be a spur of the moment, and often uneducated, response to an issue.  Talk about over reacting.  However, when indignation is warranted then it can pull people together to collectively enforce the communal will against whatever transgression has so stirred the people into action.

I like being righteously indignant.  It’s fun to care about something enough to really feel stirred to protest, to act, to call for change.  However, I try to temper my temper with logic, research, and an openness to possible explanations.  Plus, after I do all that, if I’m still angry my righteous indignation feels even more justified (mua-hahahahahaaa).

Ahem….

3 Easy Steps to Righteous Indignation:

1. Really, and I mean REALLY, get worked up about an issue (doesn’t really matter what).
2. Decide why you are right, and why everyone who disagrees with you is wrong – so, so, dead wrong.
3. Once worked up to the right frenzy, start venting it to like-minded people, preferably somewhere you don’t have to discuss the opposite point of view.

Et voila, you have Righteous Indignation!

Example:

What is the deal with dogs that are all white?  I don’t like any fully white-furred dogs, unless they come from cold Arctic regions.  Why do any dogs with all white fur live anywhere but the Arctic??  I mean, really, poodles?!  Who decided to make poodles white???  I can accept that they are shaved to help them swim, but white fur???  That’s just a cruel joke.  Not only do they look funny and unnatural, they get dirty really easily and probably smell, too.  Especially toy poodles.  Poor little bastards.

Explication:

So, do you see what I did there?  I found an issue that probably isn’t that important (step 1), decided what I didn’t like about it with possibly very fallacious logic (step 2), and then ranted about it online (step 3)!  Please note that proper Internet etiquette, grammar, and punctuation can be malleable, including all caps, multiple punctuation marks (including the use of “1″ as an exclamation mark), and grammar can include incomplete sentences as well as hanging adjectives.

Conclusion

So, being righteously indignant is something you, too, can become.  Just follow the steps above, and you will soon be on your way to having your own blog.