anti-intellectualism

is an ever-present thing that winds its way through American political and cultural life and is nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov, in Newsweek, 1980 January 21st #teaparty

is the mark of a nation in decline. The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artist and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artist and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. James Thurber

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anti intellectualism