"To ignore Kennedy, or his supporters, on the grounds of their holding such easily falsifiable beliefs seems extremely shortsighted. A lot of Americans believe things that aren’t true—which, given the (literally) whitewashed version of history most of us get taught, shouldn’t be surprising."

~ D.D. Guttenplan

#RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #AntiIntellectualism #vaccines #antivax

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rfk-jr-rally-anti-vax-campaign/

Never a better explanation of #JoeRogan's contribution to today's world:

#JRE #WillfulIgnorance #BlindLeadingTheBlind #QAnonCult #MAGACult #AntiIntellectualism #AntiEducation

@MJ @FaceliftMcDarby @TonyStark 🥥 Try to solve problems and get blamed for the problems you're trying to solve.
It's as American as #Bigotry, #AntiIntellectualism, #Exploitation, #HyperHypocrisy, #WealthInequality and #Bigfoot. 🥥

This is the mindset and mental state of the #GOP. Willful ignorance is the preferred mode of being for #conservatism today.
#AntiEducation #AntiIntellectualism #WillfulIgnorance

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-threatened-merriam-webster-gender-inclusive-definitions-was-senten-rcna79838?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=643a0fb649cdea00013e3154&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

A classic by me on #postluddism, #censorship, and #antiintellectualism

Lost some time and ground when Twatter went to the wolves. Enjoy!
https://medium.com/@Manwhosolditall/censorship-and-anti-intellectualism-a-match-made-in-heaven-981225d828ed

"The distortion of “accessibility” is evident through the prevalence of political education via memes, as well. Online, slides of bright words on carefully picked colorful Canva app backgrounds or a sassy 69 seconds or less AAVE spouting breakdown of current events becomes a substitute for historical and dialectical materialism. Nothing needs to be cited, it just needs to be emotionally appealing. So one can engage in hashtag activism and make claims about nations in the crosshairs of western imperialism without providing anything more than thoughts and opinions on the matter. They are not required to make a full argument, provide primary sources or define anything. But because it is made “accessible”, it is taken in as fact and spread around like wildfire."

Reject Anti-Intellectualism - Hood Communist
https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/12/08/reject-anti-intellectualism/amp/

#intellectualism #antiintellectualism #reactionarism

I just got blocked for using the word "occidocentric" in a conversation.

The person was like, "blocked because you used 'occidocentric' in a conversation. I am not in college."

Wtf is that supposed to mean? The only thing I can imagine is that they didn't like that I pointed out that they were being a reactionary.

#block #occidocentrism #bigwords #whydoiarguewithfools #AntiIntellectualism

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