I took this directly from Anthony Martin’s blog. I love it!

“Aggressive stupidity is very different from the regular stupidity we all demonstrate from time to time. Being aggressively stupid is an art form and takes time to develop into maturity. You don’t just wake up one day and decide to become aggressively stupid, it takes effort and a determined passion for folly.

Aggressively stupid people chooses to be aggressively stupid, so they are much easier to pick on because deep down, we all know they really do know better. They choose to look at facts and ignore them. They choose to stick to one line of reasoning and die for it, even when that line of reasoning is obviously fallacious.

An aggressively stupid person enjoys developing an unsound argument. When you try to poke holes in their argument, they either get emotional, which is difficult to combat, or just shut you down.

It’s still important continue to engage the aggressively stupid. Just because past experiences may have been fruitless doesn’t mean we should give up. It’s far better to respond to aggressive stupidity with uncompromising intelligence. It’s also a good idea to pick one’s battles.”–Anthony Martin

“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 - 1832