Article note: That looks like a solid "telling it like it is."
This shit is why I'm so bullish on the whole "primarily instructional position" thing I've been angling for.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”