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12. Nice blog post. Thanks for posting the link.

Reply to RecoveringJournalist (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 07:28 PM

Dec 2015

I definitely agree that anti-intellectualism is a problem in this country. Right wing talk radio has pegged intelligent people as "elitists". The true elitists are the are the filthy rich billionaires, but right wing talk radio has convinced the common folk that it is those smart ones they have to look out for. Seems to me that a large portion of the population will not vote for someone they perceive to be smart, because they don't trust those smart ones. I think they expect to get swindle by smart politicians. Problem is electing the dumb ones means we lack leaders that can effectively solve problems.

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Anti-Intellectualism is killing America [View all] RecoveringJournalist Dec 2015 OP

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Nice blog post. Thanks for posting the link. Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #12

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