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Re:Ask HN: My son might be blind – how to best support by majewsky on Friday September 20, 2024 @08:56AM (#41601540)
"Ignorant" implies that they are actively avoiding this information. A less inflammatory choice of words would be "unaware".

For instance, it is extremely silly to consider non-Americans "ignorant" if they don't know US-only programs.

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Re:Ask HN: My son might be blind – how to best support by icepat on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:10AM (#41607644)
No, it does not imply that. Ignorant simply means "lacking knowledge". You're implying the separate term "willfully ignorant" means the same thing as ignorant. If it did, then willfully ignorant would be redundant, which it is not.
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