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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:01 PM Original message |
anti intellectualism in the US |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is Nadinbrzezinski calling out BuyingThyme. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, this is a general statement |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. No, it's Nadinbrzezinski trying to make the case that |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your Using Too Many Polysyllabic Words. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. LOL |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. meta-LOL! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Anti Intellectualism is a BIG problem-but I don't think it stems from "anti authoritarianism" |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Correct. It is the thinkers who question authority. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm not so sure |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. you can question credentials w.out attacking someone |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Correct |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. well you just do the best you can |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. You will not regret reading Al Gore's book |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. that is a good point |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. He had to say that because he's trying to tie his shortcomings |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Goddamn liberal eggheads! |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not that "modern". My mother was complaining about it in the 50's. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Oh, yeah. Adlai Stevenson -a great man- was an "egghead". |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. I was going to post that very thought |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. We have to have someone you would "want to have a beer with".. right? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It is an american udner current |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I dunno |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. We came close a couple times |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Book alert. A real classic: Anti-Intellectualism in America. Published in the 60s. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. A classic, true |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
53. And it goes back even further, at least to Andrew Jackson, who |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I said to many of my friends |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yep, I think it would be a faxcinating study |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. On the left, I see a lot of buying into pseudoscience nonsense |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. that my friend is a sign of anti intellectualism |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. superstition is a curse in all society, not just on DU |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:18 PM Original message |
On religion I see it as an evolutionary imperative actually |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. if we bond over bullshit maybe we don't need to survive |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Oh we are at the point where it will kill us |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. IMO the Russian Revolution was productive. I completely agree with your second paragraph. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. "...espousing no end of quackery and pseudoscientific craziness." |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I remember and agree with you |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. innumeracy and difficulty with scale |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
63. Gore did that himself from time to time. |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. ... and rejection of medical science. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Totally agree. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Weird definition of "intellectual" here |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. A very intriguing post Dilligan. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Did not Link it |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Everything here is irrelevant to my point |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Which is fine |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Generally, I would tend to question the "experts" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Oh trust me the innovattions in EMS come |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. You can't help but repeatedly slide into authoritarianism. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's why you were wrong on this thread |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yup - pretty much all Americans are fucking stupid, and damn proud of it.... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. How they do it: They claim they have something better than intellect: common sense. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Yup - the old Nietzschean inversion. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. I ordered his book, yesterday. But, I also ordered "Wounded Warrior". |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. Anti-intellectualism is an intentional product of our social engineering. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. If you have the "street cred" to argue points, I think that's fine |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. Anti-Authoritarion ??? The RW including their Rank and |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. Religion is the big culprit. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. True, but hard ideology is a close second |
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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
51. Ideally you should always try to have multiple sources of information rather than |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. I hear you! (and it's not just the United States) |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. I should perhaps modify the above slightly... |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. It happens all the time on DU. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. Rightwing radio depends on anti-intellectualism |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. That's one of the best..... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
62. Authoritarianism Has Nothing to Do With It - Bogus Argument |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
67. Right-wing rage is manufactured..... |
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