BuckToothMoron
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The one raging at the moment is, "Are transgenders mentally ill?" Well, there are "expert" opinions to be had in both camps, so there is no way to actually dispute the belief either way. Either could call the other a "dummy," and prove it.
That there is a cogent argument on either side of an issue indicates to me that folks who accept one or the other can't rightly be called dummies based on their acceptance of the credible and cogent arguments on either side. In that situation, what'd be dumb to do is call the individuals on either side dummies.
On the other hand, if one has little or no awareness of the credible and cogent arguments on both sides of an issue, that person can be legitimately be called ignorant. If in their ignorance a person proceeds to vehemently "argue" or stand on their position, well, that too would a dumb thing to do.
It's safe to say that only dummies say/do dumb things. The only question then is whether the individual is a "momentary dummy" or a "consistent and persistent dummy."
In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It's not cool to not know what you're talking about.
-- Barack Obama, Rutgers University Commencement Address, 2016
Highly intelligent people can and do say dumb things. Saying something dumb does not make you dumb, it only means that that particular statement is dumb. If a woman dresses like a man, she is not a man, she only temporarily takes the form of a man.