On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Eric Beck wrote:
> This gets it totally wrong. Stupidity isn't an absence of
> knowledge--it's actively produced, like iPods and Tide. The same with
> racism, sexism, etc. Those things don't just exist a priori and have
> to be cured. They are fully constructed. So instead of generalizing
> about the American psyche or bitching about people's stupidity--which
> is also exactly what the right does*--a political act would be to try
> to disrupt these productions and scramble their distribution.
Well, yeah. Any suggestions on how to go about that?