Re: Intelligence
This is a very good point. Check out Chauncey DeVega’s blog. Take the States, which seems to have a long tradition of ‘anti-intellectualism.’ There’s a reason why the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck have become so popular. Their disdain and cynicism towards the “educated, liberal classes” taps into popular sentiment, and is used as leverage in elections. It’s why people think Obama is an elitist, pretentious, arrogant prick - not because of his policies, but because he’s removed from ‘middle America’ and is faulted for not being able to relate to regular Americans in the manner of George Bush and Joe the Plumber. Remember the Gulf Coast oil speech? Apparently it was written at a 10th grade level, when the audience preferred 7th grade language. Fewer syllables, shorter sentences. Who knew language was such a landmine.