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Originally Posted by roachboy
you know, this populist thing is getting out of hand in conservativeland.
all this "anti-intellectual" horseshit amounts to is a new bizarre form of officially...
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Let's be clear. I am biased against pseudo-intellectuals. I also believe I gave an example or two explaining my problem with them. In your case here you have taken specific and directed comments and made broad and often false generalizations without addressing the specifics. What do we call this form of discourse?
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Originally Posted by Paq
as much as i detest standardized testing, they are a huge indicator of college retention rates. Enough so that i wouldn't downplay their results.
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I think at one point I stated that pseudo-intellectuals create themselves. If academic types design tests to determine if people would do well in academics they could. If entrepreneurs designed test to determine if people would do well being entrepreneurial they could. If war minded people designed tests to determine if people would do well in war, they could.
I think it important to be open to the differences and to be tolerant of what others bring to the table. Pseudo-intellectuals tend to be less tolerant than others in my opinion. It seem that it has to be their way and any opposing thought on a subject is summarily dismissed.