On May 23, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> Jerry Monaco writes about discussion of the election:
>
>> Smart people become dumber according to their
>> ideological and political committments. There are certain kinds of
>> _ideological activity_ that makes a person less intelligent and
>> more blind
>> to the world, just as their are certain kinds of _theoretical
>> activity_
>> that
>> makes a person more intelligent and able to see the world clearly.
> ================================
> The unstated conclusion here being, of course, that Jerry floats above
> ideology in the realm of theoretical activity which makes a person
> more
> intelligent and able to see the world clearly while those of us who
> don't
> fully subscribe to his flattering self-appraisal are, well, just...
Intellectually, morally, and ideologically deficient, of course.