Anti Intellectualism is Killing America
POSTED BY: Magonsdaughter
UPDATED: Monday, July 13, 2026 01:26
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
This for me is the crux of Australian anti intellectualism. I wonder if it has a different cause in the US.
I very definitely get a flavor of what you're saying. It's a kind of affable, lowest-common-denominator friendliness to everyone who conforms. A 'we're all just blokes' attitude. (I hope I'm understanding it, and not misusing your English too terribly.)
I think in the US it's a lot more brutal and unforgiving. It's EXTREMELY racial. It's EXTREMELY sexist. It's EXTREMELY religious. It's EXTREMELY hate-filled. People who don't or can't conform because of skin color, sex, accent, intellect or talent aren't merely excluded, they're targeted. There's a reason a lot of conservatives viscerally hate Obama that has nothing to do with his political party, or his actions in office.
But I THINK it has the same social function, which is to define a group of people who are to be relatively privileged. I think whenever there is bias, it has to do with making up reasons why the haves should have, and the have-nots should be without. Maybe the original defining haves determine the characteristics of the group, leading to different profiles of haves around the globe due to purely historical reasons. But I think it's the same function.
So to address your question, I think it's superficially different, but essentially the same.
You have nailed it perfectly. In some ways it's more insidious that rage and hate filled racism/sexism because it's so affable on the surface. It's harder to name and harder for people to acknowledge. It's all done with humour, but underneath its still hateful.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I didn't realize there was a strain of anti-intellectualism in Australia, altho I did notice that a lot of men are sports fanatics and drink beer.
OOC, MAGONS, is anti-intellectualism as prevalent in women?
Men and Women tend to be obsessed with sport. In my state its Aussie Rules football throughout winter and cricket all year round, but particularly in summer. But any sport fascinates, don't know why.
Beer driking is on the decline. It was the culture of the past. More likely that people drink wine now. Although a cold beer in hot weather is kind of nice.....
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surprise that it's taken this long.
Perhaps more of a copyright thing
The FBI is going after the founder of Sci-Hub
https://twitter.com/dgmacarthur/status/1390867150986874882
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Dangerous Ideas by Eric Berkowitz — how speech has been suppressed through history
https://www.ft.com/content/6969afe3-9149-4be2-a2f1-83490187c975
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Georgia eliminates final remnants of Common Core standards
https://www.times-herald.com/news/georgia-eliminates-final-remnants-of
-common-core-standards/article_512a4c30-f041-11ed-9c9a-8fa1d71ac04f.html
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Bids to ban critical race theory have come in every state except one, database shows
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/04/17/critical-race-
theory-database-ban-attempts/11666965002/
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House speaker once won taxpayer funds for Noah’s Ark park accused of bias
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/26/mike-johnson-noah-arc-
amusement-park-tax-money?ref=upstract.com
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Jack White Roasts Joe Rogan and Terrence Howard
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jack-white-roasts-joe-rogan-and-terra
nce-howard
and one time kids learned better science
now its all quota and diverse culture and LGBTQRSTWXY + political nonsense
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It's still "feelingz" over "thought".
Today, DNC and other "liberals" are pushing arrant nonsense (you can be any sex you want to be!) and nobody's prepared to think their way thru that either.
At this point, the major media is pushing their agenda 24/7/365 and the last thing they need is for anyone to question, to parse their way thru the lies and bullshit.
Just like nobody is supposed to parse their way thru adverts or knee jerk oppositional POV or Bible thumping.
Even scientists are behaving like thought police.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Why SECOND'S posts are brainless: "I clocked how much time: no more than 10 minutes per day. With cut-and-paste (Ctrl C and Ctrl V) and AI, none of this takes much time."
Or, any verification or thought.
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France begins accelerated election campaign after Macron poll gamble
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20240617-france-begins-accelerated-electi
on-campaign-after-macron-poll-gamble-national-rally
and Britbongistan, the French caliphate, Swedistan etc
but maybe some protests are genuine and not screaming 'Death to Jews'
Jacob Rees-Mogg says university protests against him were ‘legitimate, if noisy’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/jacob-rees-mogg-cardi
ff-university-protests
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