This birthed the stereotype that dark people were stupid and ignorant. They are misinformed at best, ignorant at worst. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful. He appeared ignorant of the very rudiments of statecraft and almost illiterate. He further dismissed Muslim writers who maintained otherwise as ignorant and "blind followers". Beale responded by calling her an "educated but ignorant savage". They appointed a commander who is either ignorant or corrupt. He wrote that the colored people were inferior, ignorant, and indolent. MacKaye dismissed these claims as unfounded and ignorant. But it presupposes that there is something in Christian theology to be ignorant about. Big city newspapers were often hostile and ridiculed Klansmen as ignorant farmers. The idea of the ignorant or badly behaving American traveler long predates this book. I am completely ignorant of it. Only the ignorant, and the women and children serve God in this way. The lack of human resources causes citizens to resort to fraudulent or ignorant providers.