whether or not this is true or not in the general case, politics is certainly not one of those domains. ignorance is not neutral; inaction is partisan. if one group demands intervention, they won’t be comforted to hear their opponents are aware of their ignorance.

consider the example of climate change. climate refugees won’t be satisfied that the citizens of world superpowers can’t bring themselves to care enough to do anything. the argument is that they *should* care, familiarize themselves, and act.

if you take umbrage with laying the blame at the feet of “citizens” in the above example, this applies equally to small scale interpersonal relations as well. gender, race, disability, etc. ignorance isn’t neutral here either, because the default and inherited behavior and attitudes are abhorrent.