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The US may be becoming less religious but there's a clear and growing trend of anti-intellectualism. Look at the anti-vaccine movement as an example. It has man
by enraged_camel 10y ago
The US may be becoming less religious but there's a clear and growing trend of anti-intellectualism. Look at the anti-vaccine movement as an example. It has managed to convince many people that vaccines are risky, which is directly contrary to all scientific evidence.
- smt88 10y agoAnti-vaxxers believe that they are intellectuals. They think that they are the only ones who can resist the propaganda of Big Pharma and see the underlying science. You can't define "anti-intellectualism" as "people who disagree with me" (even if you're right).