Shallow thinking beats not thinking at all.
yeah right.
I disagree. I hope that was a glib comment you just threw out as a riposte.
I will put it to you this way:
In my opinion, people who "don't think" are in the subset of people who don't vote or participate in a discourse of the issues. But they also don't care if someone else makes the decisions for them.
"Shallow Thinkers" are people who profess to have given an issue thought, but not the the rigorous degree that is demanded for a thoughtful and effective solution to an issue. Basically, as Thomas Sowell describes them, "One Stage Thinkers". Liberals, if you will. They haven't thought a situation through deeply enough to reach a well thought out conclusion, but in their opinion, have committed enough thought to have a valid opinion that should be considered as a possible solution to an issue. They feel they know the right answer strongly enough that they attempt to convince the people who "don't think" that their solution is the correct one.
Personally, I would rather have people who don't think and stay out of the debate, than people who only think shallowly and demand their opinions be considered.