Comments on: Smart people hate America and other myths of the current cultural milieu… http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:58:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scholars and Rogues http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-21938 Scholars and Rogues Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:39:16 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-21938 [...] Frost, McKuen - are long on emotion and short on intellectualism. This blog has mentioned American anti-intellectualism frequently, and nowhere is that distaste for being forced to think more prominently displayed than [...] [...] Frost, McKuen – are long on emotion and short on intellectualism. This blog has mentioned American anti-intellectualism frequently, and nowhere is that distaste for being forced to think more prominently displayed than [...]

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17868 Russ Wellen Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:36:52 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17868 (Sorry, no beer here.) Even though finding just the right word has been a crusade of mine for years, I'm somewhat less despondent about the degradation of language than many, such as Orwell and Ms. Jacoby. The verbal has been superseded by the visual and compromised by a culture that seems to accept lying. Thus people are learning to rely less on what they hear and read than on their instincts and intuition. After all, isn't mind reading how they communicate on more advanced planets? (Sorry, no beer here.)

Even though finding just the right word has been a crusade of mine for years, I’m somewhat less despondent about the degradation of language than many, such as Orwell and Ms. Jacoby.

The verbal has been superseded by the visual and compromised by a culture that seems to accept lying. Thus people are learning to rely less on what they hear and read than on their instincts and intuition.

After all, isn’t mind reading how they communicate on more advanced planets?

]]> By: Mike Sheehan http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17689 Mike Sheehan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:05:28 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17689 When I die I want to be pickled in a vat of fine Colorado-microbrewed pale ale. Like from <a href="http://www.drydockbrewing.com/" rel="nofollow">these good fellows</a> down the street from my house. Now what was all this other stuff about smart folks and fancy book-learnin'? When I die I want to be pickled in a vat of fine Colorado-microbrewed pale ale. Like from these good fellows down the street from my house. Now what was all this other stuff about smart folks and fancy book-learnin’?

]]> By: Brian Angliss http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17674 Brian Angliss Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:34:58 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17674 Slammy has been known to enjoy his steaks "so rare a good vet could bring it back," if I recall his statement correctly. And as much as I love my microbrew, I've been known to enjoy Coors Extra Gold or Winterfest (Coors original is just downright nasty and Light might as well be water). Any Coors is better than Bud or Natty Ice, and horse piss is better than Iron City (I went to PA for undergrad and discovered Iron City the hard way - I drank one). Slammy has been known to enjoy his steaks “so rare a good vet could bring it back,” if I recall his statement correctly.

And as much as I love my microbrew, I’ve been known to enjoy Coors Extra Gold or Winterfest (Coors original is just downright nasty and Light might as well be water). Any Coors is better than Bud or Natty Ice, and horse piss is better than Iron City (I went to PA for undergrad and discovered Iron City the hard way – I drank one).

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17648 Dr. Slammy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:02:57 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17648 Errr, no. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll Errr, no.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

]]> By: jeff http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17643 jeff Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:36:41 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17643 Jim, I love Toby Keith, have no problem with Rush, like my steaks bloody rare, and have been known to tip back a Coors. Does that make me a troll? Jeff Jim,

I love Toby Keith, have no problem with Rush, like my steaks bloody rare, and have been known to tip back a Coors. Does that make me a troll?

Jeff

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17597 Dr. Slammy Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:38:05 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17597 I've been pondering a lot of what you're writing about here lately, and want to thank you for saying it better than I would have. I've spent most of my adult life trying to resolve what seems to be, in the American context anyway, an inherent conflict between the intellectual and the populist. I come from humble beginnings and care a lot about the welfare of THE PEOPLE. But on the other hand, it gets increasingly hard to care more about people's lives than THEY do. Willful stupidity (and that which the willfully stupid reap) is something I'm just about over. I’ve been pondering a lot of what you’re writing about here lately, and want to thank you for saying it better than I would have. I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to resolve what seems to be, in the American context anyway, an inherent conflict between the intellectual and the populist. I come from humble beginnings and care a lot about the welfare of THE PEOPLE. But on the other hand, it gets increasingly hard to care more about people’s lives than THEY do. Willful stupidity (and that which the willfully stupid reap) is something I’m just about over.

]]> By: rho http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/comment-page-1/#comment-17547 rho Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:35:29 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/21/smart-people-hate-america-and-other-myths-of-the-current-cultural-milieu/#comment-17547 Jim, Great post. Long live the snark!! Jim,
Great post.

Long live the snark!!

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