Attributing things to "stupidity" is a defense mechanism we use to make ourselves feel better. It is not a model with predictive power and it doesn't tell you how to solve the situation. It's a way of making it feel like something that can't and won't affect you. It's a way of distancing and minimizing a problem.

[–] lmdnw@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

You may be right and I am just attempting to cling to an idealistic view of humanity where no one is actually evil, but all have “good” intentions at heart. I could be swayed, I suppose, that bigotry is a product of evil intentions mixed with inherent malevolence.