Don't confuse me with the facts.
Posted by Ward on January 12, 2005
In Reply to: Blissful ignorance posted by SR on January 12, 2005
: : : : I was impressed by your answers to my "lonesome valley" type question. Thanks.
: : : : Here's another one. Have you got any good phrases for someone who holds under-informed opinions tenaciously? Or for the act of holding tenaciously to such opinions?
: : : : Spark
: : : 'Bullheaded,' 'pigheaded,' 'muleheaded,' 'mulish' and 'willful' are mentioned in the archives.
: : I love a phrase used by Truman Capote. He said someone was, "The most deeply ignorant man I've ever met."
: If ignorance is bliss then he is the most blissful person on earth...
: SR
The phrase 'don't confuse me with the facts, I've got my mind made up already' is the mantra for the person we're discussing.
- F Scott Fitzgerald Ward 12/January/05