The GOP’s demonic alliance: How the religious right & big business are dumbing down America
"Indeed, anti-intellectualism has quite a storied history here in America — from evangelical preachers of the 19th century like Billy Sunday saying “college graduates are going as fast as they can straight to hell,” to Joseph McCarthy smearing every left-wing intellectual he could find. When it comes to alienating and demonizing thinking individuals, Christian’s and conservatives have always lead the way. And in the modern Republican party, anti-intellectualism has long been a common theme."
