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Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:28:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote:
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I guess I sort of find it sad that there’s some negative connotations
forming about being “educated” or “intelligent”.
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Merely because a person knows a lot about quantum mechanics or is an expert
on pottery from the Ming Dynasty doesn’t make them any wiser than an old
hayseed from Tennessee.
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Well, I totally agree, but that’s really just saying that the two are unrelated.
Which is fine. Wisdom =/= Intelligence. But I just kinda find it sad that the
connatation forming on the Right is that “Intelligence = Bad/Unwise/Evil”.
Repeatedly calling your opponents “intelligent” or “educated” or what have you
sort of gives the implication that you’re *not*, and that it’s bad to be so,
which is precisely the opposite of what I think is true!
DaveE
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