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Teabagging: Redux Anti-Intellectualism

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

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Stuart Whatley

Why the hell is this populist, boastful ignorance being actively encouraged and exploited by conservative corporate lobbyists, Fox News and, indeed, the Republican Party?

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On Wordiness, Godliness and Truthiness: The McCain-Palin Assault on Language

Caryn James | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Caryn James

The McCain-Palin campaign is demonizing language and not just using it with that politics-as-usual slipperiness. But denigrating language is easy after all these years of George "Malapropism" Bush.

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Observations From an Ersatz American

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Terrance Heath

As black gay male, a member of the upper middle class, a college-educated white collar worker, and a non-Christian and non-theist, I am one of the most irrelevant, least important voters in this election.

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This Country Needs An Intellectual

Sheila Suess Kennedy | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

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Sheila Suess Kennedy

The charge of elitism is a manifestation of America's longstanding and unfortunate subtext of anti-intellectualism, and its use during this campaign is both revealing and disturbing.

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"Real Americans" Are Stupid! Obama vs. Mitt Romney and Jesse Jackson

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

So now we have it: good grades and responsible fatherhood are "white," and speaking foreign languages is suspiciously "European."

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