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We will never again attempt to convince the stupid person with reasons; it is pointless and dangerous.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In contrast to the evil person, the stupid person is completely satisfied with himself; indeed, he even becomes dangerous by easily provoking himself into attack. Therefore, more caution is required with the stupid than with the evil person.

Neither protests nor force can achieve anything here; reasons are ineffective; facts that contradict one's own prejudices simply need not be believed—in such cases, the stupid person even becomes critical—and when they are unavoidable, they can simply be dismissed as meaningless isolated incidents.