Charlotte Clymer
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"It seems one of the worst things you can do these days is admit when you don’t know something. We’ll forgive a lot of things in this country, but for some reason, admitting when we don’t know something is often taboo."

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/remarks-at-adl-together-against-hatred
10:01 AM - May 03, 2023
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Just Judith'n'ALF #VotedYes
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I think the word ignorance has become conflated with "wilful ignorance", and maybe that has contributed to our unwillingness to acknowledge it.
On the whole it seems that saying "I don't know" is met with more understanding and less sneering.
(I think, but do not know)
04:55 PM - May 04, 2023
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Dan Kane
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We demonize ignorance. I'm an upper-middle class CIS white male Christian. Acknowledging ignorance to what specific marginalized communities experience is seen as something to be mocked. But I AM ignorant in these areas, & ignorance is only bad if I willfully stay there. Be ignorantly curious
In response to Charlotte Clymer.
01:09 PM - May 03, 2023 (Edited)
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Just Judith'n'ALF #VotedYes
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I think the word ignorance has become conflated with "wilful ignorance", and maybe that has contributed to our unwillingness to acknowledge it.
On the whole it seems that saying "I don't know" is met with more understanding and less sneering.
(I think, but do not know)
04:55 PM - May 04, 2023
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