Won’t suffer facts or logic gladly

Is a modicum of intellectual curiosity & rudimentary due diligence more than can be expected from today’s fantasy & entertainment-addicted consumer (erstwhile ‘citizen’) prior to his or her opining?

Many cohorts numb & glum
suspect the intellectual
kvetch over mere modicum
woefully ineffectual

with cursory curiosity
gone awry tortuosity
they pummel in ponderosity
lacking in luminosity

Dim vision, grasping history badly
they won’t suffer facts or logic gladly