Anti-intellectualism unfortunately has a long history in the United States
Proud to be stupid, and they giggle about it
Their intellectual superiors -like scientists and other experts- are portrayed as crazy or nerds
Independent thought is not often enough celebrated, conformity is
Proud to be stupid, and they giggle about it
Their intellectual superiors -like scientists and other experts- are portrayed as crazy or nerds
Independent thought is not often enough celebrated, conformity is
October 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Anti-intellectualism unfortunately has a long history in the United States
Proud to be stupid, and they giggle about it
Their intellectual superiors -like scientists and other experts- are portrayed as crazy or nerds
Independent thought is not often enough celebrated, conformity is
Proud to be stupid, and they giggle about it
Their intellectual superiors -like scientists and other experts- are portrayed as crazy or nerds
Independent thought is not often enough celebrated, conformity is
We built and participated in parties that became better at dividing people along ideological lines than at building common ground.
We allowed intellectualism to make us dismissive of people who express very real problems in raw, angry or unsophisticated ways.
We allowed intellectualism to make us dismissive of people who express very real problems in raw, angry or unsophisticated ways.
October 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We built and participated in parties that became better at dividing people along ideological lines than at building common ground.
We allowed intellectualism to make us dismissive of people who express very real problems in raw, angry or unsophisticated ways.
We allowed intellectualism to make us dismissive of people who express very real problems in raw, angry or unsophisticated ways.
i will admit a level of anti-intellectualism around this
October 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
i will admit a level of anti-intellectualism around this
it's not 'anti-intellectualism' to view Lichtenstein's work as an extension of the exploitative, extractive systems that grind working cartoon artists into dust. Are we saying people Art Spiegelman are for 'anti-intellectualism' now?
October 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
it's not 'anti-intellectualism' to view Lichtenstein's work as an extension of the exploitative, extractive systems that grind working cartoon artists into dust. Are we saying people Art Spiegelman are for 'anti-intellectualism' now?
Call AI what it is, a superweapon developed by the ultra rich to win the war against public literacy and intellectualism. if the rich could, they would just replace every public school with a chatbot, which would also accomplish another of their goals (easy access to your children)
October 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Call AI what it is, a superweapon developed by the ultra rich to win the war against public literacy and intellectualism. if the rich could, they would just replace every public school with a chatbot, which would also accomplish another of their goals (easy access to your children)
This speaks to their really incredible levels of entitlement. They really see themselves as historic figures, giants of technology and intellectualism, prophetic saviours who should be telling us all how to run our lives, our systems, our world. It's both a cautionary tale and genuinely pathetic.
October 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
This speaks to their really incredible levels of entitlement. They really see themselves as historic figures, giants of technology and intellectualism, prophetic saviours who should be telling us all how to run our lives, our systems, our world. It's both a cautionary tale and genuinely pathetic.
It’s a depressing indictment of games culture that some of the most celebrated games are made by people who are so aggressively anti-intellectual and anti-art
The people who made games you probably have heard repeatedly praised as beacons of artistic intellectualism like Fez and Braid
The people who made games you probably have heard repeatedly praised as beacons of artistic intellectualism like Fez and Braid
October 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
It’s a depressing indictment of games culture that some of the most celebrated games are made by people who are so aggressively anti-intellectual and anti-art
The people who made games you probably have heard repeatedly praised as beacons of artistic intellectualism like Fez and Braid
The people who made games you probably have heard repeatedly praised as beacons of artistic intellectualism like Fez and Braid
and I've had a rewarding career as a scientist, although I chose this route out of pathological curiosity, not to become wealthy. This whole binary labor/elite bullshit discourse chaps my ass. Society needs us all, and it is not zero-sum. It's creeping anti-intellectualism bred with materialism 2/2
October 3, 2026 at 4:41 AM
and I've had a rewarding career as a scientist, although I chose this route out of pathological curiosity, not to become wealthy. This whole binary labor/elite bullshit discourse chaps my ass. Society needs us all, and it is not zero-sum. It's creeping anti-intellectualism bred with materialism 2/2
Words, what do they mean anymore?!?!
October 3, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Words, what do they mean anymore?!?!
I'm pretty sure many scientists hate LLMs too and would happily join the Butlerian Jihad, just as revenge for the amount of anti-intellectualism they've fueled in the last four years.
October 3, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I'm pretty sure many scientists hate LLMs too and would happily join the Butlerian Jihad, just as revenge for the amount of anti-intellectualism they've fueled in the last four years.
Yess! Intellectualism! Your cat is beautiful
October 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Yess! Intellectualism! Your cat is beautiful
I hate when people say old games look bad when there are good and bad looking games from ANY generation. It doesn't matter how old something is, and it doesn't have to be taken in the context of its release.
The faux intellectualism surrounding graphical advancements is so vapid.
The faux intellectualism surrounding graphical advancements is so vapid.
October 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I hate when people say old games look bad when there are good and bad looking games from ANY generation. It doesn't matter how old something is, and it doesn't have to be taken in the context of its release.
The faux intellectualism surrounding graphical advancements is so vapid.
The faux intellectualism surrounding graphical advancements is so vapid.
40 years of anti-intellectualism brought America to this moment.
I’m begging you to fix stupid.
I’m begging you to fix stupid.
October 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
40 years of anti-intellectualism brought America to this moment.
I’m begging you to fix stupid.
I’m begging you to fix stupid.
im putting a lot of thought into this i hope it shows ^^;
🟥 5 - The Cognitive Sciences
🟥 4 - Statistics
🟥 3 - Biology: Anatomy and Viscera
🟥 2 - Western Intellectualism
🟥 1 - Cyberspace
🟨 5 - Religion
🟨 4 - The Family Unit
🟨 3 - Delegated Hierarchy (work)
🟨 2 - DH (school)
🟨 1 - Comedy/Parody
🟥 5 - The Cognitive Sciences
🟥 4 - Statistics
🟥 3 - Biology: Anatomy and Viscera
🟥 2 - Western Intellectualism
🟥 1 - Cyberspace
🟨 5 - Religion
🟨 4 - The Family Unit
🟨 3 - Delegated Hierarchy (work)
🟨 2 - DH (school)
🟨 1 - Comedy/Parody
October 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
im putting a lot of thought into this i hope it shows ^^;
🟥 5 - The Cognitive Sciences
🟥 4 - Statistics
🟥 3 - Biology: Anatomy and Viscera
🟥 2 - Western Intellectualism
🟥 1 - Cyberspace
🟨 5 - Religion
🟨 4 - The Family Unit
🟨 3 - Delegated Hierarchy (work)
🟨 2 - DH (school)
🟨 1 - Comedy/Parody
🟥 5 - The Cognitive Sciences
🟥 4 - Statistics
🟥 3 - Biology: Anatomy and Viscera
🟥 2 - Western Intellectualism
🟥 1 - Cyberspace
🟨 5 - Religion
🟨 4 - The Family Unit
🟨 3 - Delegated Hierarchy (work)
🟨 2 - DH (school)
🟨 1 - Comedy/Parody
My tortie cat has more intellectualism than these writers.
And she exists solely on vibes
And she exists solely on vibes
October 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
My tortie cat has more intellectualism than these writers.
And she exists solely on vibes
And she exists solely on vibes
Salon and the Atlantic love posting bad faith article under the guise of “intellectualism.”
October 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Salon and the Atlantic love posting bad faith article under the guise of “intellectualism.”
The anti-intellectualism in the Sonic fanbase, let alone the Internet, is so potent that is stink like aged Gouda cheese.
It's so palpable that could used as a fabric for clothing.
It's like that annoying-ass ringing when you have tinnitus, but it never f$%king goes away.
And I hate it.
It's so palpable that could used as a fabric for clothing.
It's like that annoying-ass ringing when you have tinnitus, but it never f$%king goes away.
And I hate it.
October 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The anti-intellectualism in the Sonic fanbase, let alone the Internet, is so potent that is stink like aged Gouda cheese.
It's so palpable that could used as a fabric for clothing.
It's like that annoying-ass ringing when you have tinnitus, but it never f$%king goes away.
And I hate it.
It's so palpable that could used as a fabric for clothing.
It's like that annoying-ass ringing when you have tinnitus, but it never f$%king goes away.
And I hate it.
Green still likes kind of twee characters who express their feelings/story themes by quoting philosophy and poetry (although it often works) but in the age of anti-intellectualism and slop I frankly don't have a problem with a 22 year old quoting Kierkegaard as part of their flirting. Good for them
October 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Green still likes kind of twee characters who express their feelings/story themes by quoting philosophy and poetry (although it often works) but in the age of anti-intellectualism and slop I frankly don't have a problem with a 22 year old quoting Kierkegaard as part of their flirting. Good for them
Anti intellectualism has always been a feature of American culture, but now it's fully in control. If nothing else, this should be an era whose end result is the complete and absolute shaming of the ignorant. The ignorant need to be called out, and shamed.
October 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Anti intellectualism has always been a feature of American culture, but now it's fully in control. If nothing else, this should be an era whose end result is the complete and absolute shaming of the ignorant. The ignorant need to be called out, and shamed.
The anti-intellectualism that the GOP has worked for for years has led us to worse educational outcomes and has been a direct link to MAGA ……… reason and critical thinking are not in their wheel house 😬 So of course starting a random “school” is fine. They work to destroy real education
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
www.propublica.org
October 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The anti-intellectualism that the GOP has worked for for years has led us to worse educational outcomes and has been a direct link to MAGA ……… reason and critical thinking are not in their wheel house 😬 So of course starting a random “school” is fine. They work to destroy real education
2016 election is almost more than a decade ago. Unite the Right is just under. Antisemitism & Nazis on the right have been well documented. Anti-intellectualism on the right has been on display day 1 of the first admin. If that doesn't give you a clue to look into those areas he needs to look
October 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
2016 election is almost more than a decade ago. Unite the Right is just under. Antisemitism & Nazis on the right have been well documented. Anti-intellectualism on the right has been on display day 1 of the first admin. If that doesn't give you a clue to look into those areas he needs to look
“I’m tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.”
― Phil Plait
― Phil Plait
October 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
“I’m tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.”
― Phil Plait
― Phil Plait
Another good take by @brianbeutler.bsky.social...it reminds me of the importance of reading and understanding Hofstadter's Anti-intellectualism in American Life, which starts from the decline of McCarthyism...
www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
Republican Disarray And The Second Failure Of McCarthyism
The missing ingredient, for now, is consequences.
www.offmessage.net
October 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Another good take by @brianbeutler.bsky.social...it reminds me of the importance of reading and understanding Hofstadter's Anti-intellectualism in American Life, which starts from the decline of McCarthyism...
www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
www.offmessage.net/p/republican...
Dude we gotta stop glazing artists man you can't call something groundbreaking when the reason it is groundbreaking is some schizo intellectualism rant lmao
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October 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Dude we gotta stop glazing artists man you can't call something groundbreaking when the reason it is groundbreaking is some schizo intellectualism rant lmao