Creeping Ignorance is a Danger to America

[babsbunny]

Creeping Ignorance is a Danger to America

http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12526

Submitted by buzzadmin on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 10:37am.

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STEPHEN PIZZO FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT

I am old enough to remember the days when what Americans were told to fear most was "Creeping Communism."

There were even hearings. There was a blacklist. There were arrests and even a couple of executions.

In the end all communism turned out to be creeping towards was its own extinction.

We may not be a lucky with the new creep we're facing today: Creeping Ignorance.

As a story from Alternet put it, "3/4ths of Senate GOP Doesn't Believe in Science: The Tea Party and its allies had made it unacceptable to the GOP base to be anywhere except pandering to the anti-science crowd." (Full Story)

The Right, which hated and feared commies and their (largely imaginary) infiltration into government, not only don't seem to care about creeping ignorance in government, but have come to embrace this new breed of government infiltrators.

[drm604]

1. They encourage ignorance.

They encourage willful ignorance.

[FormerDittoHead]

11. Exactly - Creeping? They're PROUD of it. "Don't confuse me with the facts.."

They consider a person who researches stuff and slowly comes to a nuanced position as "wishy-washy"

But someone who shoots from the hip has "character"...

[kohodog]

2. "Creeping?" Maybe "Rampant" N/T

[upi402]

3. almost like it was a plan

:tinfoilhat:
not paranoid if they're actually out to get ya

[niyad]

4. creeping? galloping is more like it

[opihimoimoi]

5. Its called DUMBING DOWN, PSYOPS, SOCIAL ENGINEERING, ETC

Sorry for screaming

oops brainwashing too

[applegrove]

8. Psychopaths enjoy diminishing others. So many are enjoying un-informing the gop base.

[opihimoimoi]

9. yup...another important factor

[LiberalLoner]

6. K&R n/t

[tabasco]

7. Hate for intellectuals is a hallmark of American "conservatism."

Stupid (not merely ignorant) people hate intelligent people and cowardly people hate brave people.

[Historic NY]

10. thank the internet & social networks that spread the ingnorance,,,

its like people can't think or reason for themselves...If its on the internet so it must be true.:argh: