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kleinbl00 · 3568 days ago · link · · parent · post: Oklahoma Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly To Ban Advanced Placement U.S. History
I think where we quibble is that I'm unconvinced anti-intellectualism has any more native traction than anti-elitism, anti-immoralism or any other anti-ism. If your opponent is smart, make smart a bad thing. If your opponent is agnostic, make agnosticism a bad thing. If your opponent is wealthy, make success a bad thing. If your opponent is famous, make charisma a bad thing. Put another way - I think anti-intellectualism is one of many expressions of tribalism, not its own special breed of hatred. The book-burners of Islam aren't against "learning" after all, they're against "learning that doesn't come from the Koran or mullahs."