I was referring to the self described tea bag extremists. As Isaac Asimov said:
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always 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. I've seen this on a regular basis, the disregard for science and technology, think of Mourdock and Akin on the Science and Technology Subcommittee of the House. Or the support of creationism or Intelligent Design, or disagreeing with 99% of scientists who are in a very specialized field. These are hallmarks of what Asimov was describing. That said I also agree with him that it is a thread running through our democracy. But only a thread. I am hoping that with this elections, the ignorance has less of an impact on this country. We have too many important issues to deal with than to listen to those who base their scientific opinions on mythology. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can only assume you meant this > > American Society was never built on the slavish worship of ignorance, > hatred, wealth and privilege that the current party worshiped. > > Which I actually missed in his original message. > > All I can say to that is that you both seem to enjoy painting with > extremely wide brushes. > > I think the people he explained are more of the (extremely) vocal minority > and are not necessarily representative of most republicans. Just like Chris > Matthews is not really representative of most democrats. > > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Take off your rose tinted glasses and read it again. >> >> Seems to me that the party that died was the part of the extreme >> right, not the fiscally conservative and socially moderate Republican >> party of most of the late 20th century. >> >> . >> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Larry's comment did not try to portray an entire group of people based on >> > the comment of one person in that group - and on the fringe of that group >> > as well. >> > >> > I don't really see anything incendiary in Larry's comment. >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
