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harumph

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10. I believe that was Newsweek 1980 not 1960

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:00 PM

Sep 20

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has 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."

"A Cult of Ignorance", Newsweek (21 January 1980).

Richard Hofstadter, made the same point but in much greater detail in this seminal work Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1963).

It's a good read.

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Isaac Asimov: "There is a Cult of Ignorance in the United States", Newsweek, 1980. [View all] sir pball Sep 18 OP

This century it's a rebellion against critical thinking. multigraincracker Sep 18 #1

Kicking again Hekate Sep 18 #2

Avec plaisir! sir pball Sep 18 #5

First paragraph is my sig line!!! johnnyfins Sep 18 #3

It's a great quote indeed, but the rest is even better... sir pball Sep 18 #6

43 million U.S. adults (21%) are functionally illiterate progressoid Sep 18 #4

Well, that leaves the last part I quoted about 200 million Americans being literate... sir pball Sep 20 #9

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners. Albert Camus Ping Tung Sep 18 #7

The irony is that those best exemplifying this anti-intellectualism are the first to attack our schools for not artemisia1 Sep 19 #8

I believe that was Newsweek 1980 not 1960 harumph Sep 20 #10

It was, and I knew it, but didn't catch my typo. sir pball Tuesday #11