Read this about Horowitz..

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http://www.buffalobeast.com/Feature1.htm

I know its an old article but a good one..

Fascists and totalitarians of every description have always despised intellectuals, and vice versa, as long as each has existed. Like schoolyard bullies who love to beat on the smart kids, they are compelled to fear and attack whoever and whatever they cannot understand. Anything that threatens the narrow, delusional mindset of a Christian conservative—or a militant Muslim, for that matter—is considered evil, because that mindset is a house of cards which can only be preserved through constant, vigilant defense against reality. Any avenue of debate which may edge them closer to cognitive dissonance is perceived as an attack on the very core of their being. And so, in our anti-intellectual media climate, criticism of the pope is anti-Catholic, debate about America’s treatment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is anti-Semitic, rejection of attempts to dismantle our social safety net is communist, and any examination of whether our actions in the Middle East may have contributed to 9/11 is pro-terrorism. In essence, reasoned examination of the facts is to be discouraged at every turn. I think it’s reasonable to say that this could be, in part, why a lot conservatives aren’t hanging out in the faculty lounge at Oberlin.

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1. K&R

Egg-zackly!