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Published 9 years ago by AdelleChattre with 2 Comments
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GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge

Ben Carson’s rise to the top of the Republican presidential field shows that many Republicans, especially Christian fundamentalists, have decoupled from the real world — and are proud of it. The more that GOP candidates embrace “anti-knowledge” the more popular they become, as Mike Lofgren explains.

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  • rosellem
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    At present, however, a person can be blissfully ignorant of how to locate Kenya on a map, but know to a metaphysical certitude that Barack Obama was born there, because he learned it from Fox News

    That sums it up perfectly for me. I'd really like to know how many "birthers" actually know where Kenya is.

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  • Cobbydaler
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    The guy is unbelievable, I can't believe he can actually be elected.

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