I often call people and groups ‘stupid’ and ‘idiots’. I really wish that I didn’t. It makes me look dumb and rude.
I feel we are missing a better word. The word would incorporate the idea of ‘Chauncey Gardiner’
Chauncey is a character in the movie Being There about a dimwit gardener who becomes mistaken for a wise counselor because he dresses well, speaks slowly and talks about gardening which is taken as metaphor.
People who adore Bernie Sanders and most Arab spokespeople are Chauncey Gardiners.
They are dressed like ordinary people and speak like ordinary people but they haven’t the vaguest idea what they are talking about. Re: Sanders. Socialism was tried and failed and killed tens of millions of innocent decent people. People who have lived in socialist societies leave it the minute they can. Re: Arabs. Arabs seem to think the Jews never lived in ancient Israel, despite incredible stone and brass evidence, including Muhammad's own words that confirm it.
We need, I need, a word that everyone understands that we often deal with the Chauncey Gardiner syndrome. People who look normal but what they say is totally ignorant ideology.