Do you think ignorance is more tolerated in our society than arrogance?

Ignorance, here, isn’t meant as lack of knowledge. Ignorance, here, is meant as a kind of badge people pick up and defend, a kind of ‘I know I should learn this but I won’t’. Do we tolerate that more than arrogance, which is here defined as feeling like you know something or acting like you know something (even if you don’t) and thinking others should know it too. The conversation around stupidity and America’s affair with it is pretty commonplace. Many people have stated that ignorance is rewarded in America, that people proclaim it proudly. That they’d rather someone say “I’m ignorant but I’m just human” than “I want to be better than others”. That as soon as people pull out the ‘I’m just human’ card, everyone forgives them because admitting flaws is celebrated in our culture and fixing those flaws, not so much. Do you think you’re into self-deprecation more than you’re into arrogance? Do you think it’s true that in America, ignorance is defended and arrogance is not, as much? There is an interesting documentary called Stupidity that you can watch if you want more on the topic (though that’s not U.S. specific).