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AndrewP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:27 PM
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It seems that being Anti-Intellectual is the new in thing this season
Watch the assault on education and schools continue from the right, except with more vigor.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:28 PM
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1. Tell Adlai Stephenson that it's "new"
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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:29 PM
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2. been that way for a long time
Anti-Intellectual is an asset in a repukes eyes
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:29 PM
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3.  That is anything but new.
We ain't got much use for book lernin'

... or something like that.
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Duke Newcombe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:29 PM
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4. Like some twerp on YouTube said while taking down an Insane Clown Posse song...
"The message is, they don't know anything, they KNOW they don't know anything, DON'T want to know anything, and they're PROUD that they don't know anything."
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:29 PM
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5. Many news segments questioning the value of a college education lately nt
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:33 PM
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10. College educations aren't much more than a piece of paper these days...
...grade inflation, barely literate freshman, diploma mills ...
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:37 PM
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11. There are still great colleges that give one a notch up for life nt
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:30 PM
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6. Anti-rational, anti-intellectual......It's an asylum
nt

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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:31 PM
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7. Shit-for-Brains lowered the bar.







They're honoring his legacy.


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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:32 PM
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8. Idiocracy, it's a documentary.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 10:32 PM
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9. This season?
I guess inteallectuals elected DUHbya.
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