And there's this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIiJE6kdIBo&feature=share
I mean since we're going to extremes. . On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:357886 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
