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I've Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I've Witnessed At Them Shocked Me. (www.huffpost.com)
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[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always 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."

–Isaac Asimov, 1980