Nathan, do you know the difference between a hamburger and a cheeseburger?
Do you really think you could eat both of them just with different things put on each of them?
No, then you are wrong.

A hamburger is not a Hamburger but a person who lives in Hamburg, Germany.
And if you asked me where "Germany" is I would tell you it is in the woods behind your home in the US.

Is this now pure stupidity or "scanty knowledge"?

The answer is: It is both.

Take a good look around you how the rest of the world looks at Americans - unfairly or well-founded. Then, you would know a bit more.