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Gun control isn't an intellectually enlightened policy, it's an example of liberal anti-intellectualism. Anti-intellectualism isn't a conservative-liberal issue
by gnu8 12y ago
Gun control isn't an intellectually enlightened policy, it's an example of liberal anti-intellectualism. Anti-intellectualism isn't a conservative-liberal issue, but the author is painting it that way.
- pdonis 12y agoYes, this is one of the examples I found highly questionable.
- saosebastiao 12y agoThis is usually what to expect when you see headlines about anti-intellectualism in the US. The extreme end of conservatism is certainly anti-intellectual and anti-science, but so is the extreme end of liberalism, and those examples are always swept under the rug or portrayed as being obvious. Where are the examples of rent control advocates, anti-GMO paranoia, anti-vaciine paranoia, etc.?
- halostatue 12y ago1. Maclean’s is a Canadian magazine, and it's a centre-right magazine (which would be centre-left in the U.S.). 2. The article mentioned anti-vaxxers as part of the overall anti-intellectual “movement” in the U.S. This is someone else in the world observing how broken the U.S. has become over the last thirty years, and you contributing nothing to the discussion by saying it’s the “left ignoring its own problems”.
- halostatue 12y agoMost people in liberal democracies other than the United States would disagree with your assertion about gun control. Given per capita gun deaths in the United States relative to other liberal democracies, it'd be hard to disagree with them.
- peterashford 12y agoI'm quite convinced that pretty much everywhere else in the world, people would disagree with you. As a New Zealander, I can tell you that we think the US attitude towards guns is bordering on bat-shit insane.