And Through the Hours, There I Stood

It has been quite a while since I have last posted upon mine blogger. Methinks I have had nothing to say for the past month or so. And methinks I am right. To be aboveboard, I don't really have anything to say, but I figured: "What the hell, I'll post some thoughts on blogger."
And here I am.
Ignorance: Why?
I have recently joined goodreads.com, a site for book worms; imagine Facebook, and instead of whiny teenagers, bitching about life (...in all fairness I am guilty of such bitching), it's adults displaying their ignorance towards literature, and how to critique it. I have not tried writing a review on goodreads, for I know not how to. Or I just don't want to try. But some people have the nerve to give a book one star, just because it scared them, or because they didn't get it. For example, a rather "amusing" fellow decided to give "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" a rating of 1 out of five. I have been told it's quite a good book. So I decided to read his review. First of, his review was actually him bitching about hicks, and stormy weather in the mid west. I wouldn't say this angered me, but more or less, bothered me. And, the only relavence his long winded, bemusing antecdote had was when he read the book. About halfway through he begins to explain why he hated. It bascially boils downt to the fact that: the narrator is autistic, and he didn't understand any of it. And instead of an attempt to understand the book, and take it for what it's worth, he attacks because he doesn't understand it. That and he seems to despise autistic people, and would like to read a story about them when they're drowned in a river. If that doesn't make someone sound egregiously ignorant, plesase find a better example. And apparently there are people who think like him. Which is quite possibly the scariest thing one can imagine. And several comments on his review stated how funny he is. When I found his writing to be long, winded, and rather stupid. He seems to be part of the generation that thinks using "proper english" mixed with "gangsta'" slang makes him funny, and witty. When in actuality it makes him sound rather boorish.
Why am I rambling about ignorance? Well, it's bothered me, ever since I was aware that it exsisted. And, it kind of welled up, and was released, much like a tsunami, a tsunami of pure disdain, and contempt.
It just bothers me when people give up, and label a book dumb only because they don't understand it. I say, you remain neutral about the book until you understand it, then rate it. Or take it for what it is.
I despise the The Scarlet Letter. Why you say? One glaring boterince is how over written it is. But alas! I understand that was because it was the style at the time, which is all too true. Walden anyone? The Communist Manifesto? All written with in the same literary period, and all hold true to the overwritten, and flagrant prose. I take it for what it is: a piece of romantic writing. Do I like it? No. Not even close. But at least I obtained knowledge of it, and then deemed it terrible. If you would like to argue my opinion, go for it. But at least give me credit for the fact that I semi know what I am talking about.