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[[title/short::GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge]]
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* '''when''': [[when posted::2015-10-29]]
* '''author''': [[author::Mike Lofgren]]
* '''source''': [[site::Consortiumnews]]
* '''topics''': [[topic::US Republican Party]] [[topic::Antiepistemics]] [[topic::Ben Carson]]
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* '''link''': [[URL::http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/10/30/gop-and-the-rise-of-anti-knowledge/]]
* '''title''': [[title::GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge]]
* '''summary''': <call func=smw.let.echo key=Summary>"[[Ben Carson]]'s rise to the top of the [[US Republican Party|Republican]] presidential field shows that many Republicans, especially [[Christian fundamentalist]]s, have decoupled from the real world &ndash; and are proud of it. The more that GOP candidates embrace "[[Antiepistemics|anti-knowledge]]" the more popular they become, as Mike Lofgren explains."</call>
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At present, however, a person can be blissfully ignorant of how to locate Kenya on a map, but know to a metaphysical certitude that [[birtherism|Barack Obama was born there]], because he learned it from [[Fox News]]. Likewise, he can be unable to differentiate a species from a phylum but be confident from viewing the 700 Club that [[evolution]] is "[[politically correct]]" hooey and that [[young earth creationism|the earth is 6,000 years old]].

And he may never have read the [[US Constitution|Constitution]] and have no clue about the Commerce Clause, but believe with an angry righteousness that the [[Affordable Care Act]] is unconstitutional.
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* '''repost''': [http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/10/30/gop-and-the-rise-of-anti-knowledge/ Nation of Change]
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