Are americans ignorant?

Question

Are americans ignorant?

Answer 1

no not really but i would say our government is...

Answer 2

A great majority of liberal ones are. No reasoning capabilities, no depth to their thinking.

Answer 3

Some are, some aren't. You can't paint everyone with the same broad brush.

Answer 4

Americans are not ignorant.  They are myopic.  And when you consider that their country is populous, geographically large, ethnically diverse, and technologically sophisticated, it is not a suprise that Americans consider a working knowledge of their neighboring states akin to a European's knowledge of the politics and culture of their neighboring countries.

Within the United States, there are groups, however, that exhibit a willing ignorance, a disdain for attempts to broaden their viewpoints and experience.  They are racial, economic, cultural, national, geopolitical isolationists.  But, honestly, those groups exist in most countries, even in developing nations.

I think that labelling a country "ignorant" is a simplistic way to write them off.  America is as complex as any other country.  It is better to try and understand a country than to discount them.

Good luck.