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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (86679)11/17/2004 11:32:56 AM
From: Lane3   of 793782
 
There, that accounts for at least 52% of the population.

I think that is a leap, and not a very helpful one. The anti-intellectual thread is just that, a thread. There are lots of threads running through various elements of society. That is just one. Denying the existence of that thread IMO is part of the lack of introspection that characterizes anti-intellectualism. And part of it is surely defensiveness.

Attributing what is just a thread to the entire population of Bush voters, which is what I assume you meant by 52% of the population, is no more valid than denial. And it is unhelpful because it causes a defensive reaction that is further unhelpful. Even as I am very careful to not so generalize, based on the reactions to my, folks are taking it that way. It's not possible to address an issue when it be discussed impersonally. Perhaps it couldn't be discussed impersonally in any case, but explicit overgeneralization is surely best avoided.
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