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[QUOTE="JS, post: 2592324, member: 6"]
Not to be argumentative; I just enjoy discussing connotations of words.

From the [I]Urban Dictionary[/I]:

[INDENT][COLOR=#660033][URL='https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ignorant']Ignorant[/URL][/COLOR]
1) Lacking knowledge.

2) [URL='https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Slang']Slang[/URL]: Insult used to describe another [URL='https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=party']party[/URL] as [URL='https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stupid']stupid[/URL] and/or prejudiced. Often used incorrectly as the most ignorant parties in a debate tend to call others ignorant to make up for their own lack of information or prejudices.[/INDENT]

Yes, the straightforward dictionary definition (meaning 1) is neutral.  "They were ignorant of astronomy."

But I find meaning 2 more prevalent in message board exchanges when people call each other ignorant.

I think it's most often pejorative and that people take it as such.  Hence the reference in a post above to "ruffled feathers" (cause and effect of said ruffling no longer visible).

I guess they're just ignorant -- and am sure they won't mind being called that since being suitably enlightened.
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