This is one of those cases where it's super important to be technically correct... Or is it?
I think actually in this case it might be important.
I think thinking that people are capable of being informed And then pretending not to be means that the information is actually landing inside them as true. Because being informed implies you know the truth, That you see the truth and that you absorb it. A lot of those people don't absorb anything.
I don't think many of these people are capable of being informed though. The are missing something inside them. Reality doesn't exist inside them. This is why they are so dangerous.
Sure are there people who are informed but do pretend? Yes. You can pick a number of Republican politicians. And some of the base. But I think the majority of the base is incapable of being informed on any level.
I just find it a way to differentiate the different types of evil we are fighting against.