The Last Step

This is new: a conservative columnist pens an article defending the “stupid conservative”. Apparently, it’s better to be dumb — that way you’re not duped by charlatans who use “rationality” to defend gay marriage.

Obviously, there is a lot of snark in my initial reaction to this, but honestly there is quite a bit of fear as well. There is a distressing anti-intellectual trend among many conservatives nowadays (read how right-wingers talk about global warming for example — or hell, just watch the entire Huckabee campaign), and I’m not at all pleased to see it reach full bloom to the point where right-wing writers feel comfortable taking pride in being idiots. Come on, people.