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Originally posted by Bingo@Nov 23 2004, 09:25 PM
Careful ...
A person might take from what you're saying that the more educated and worldly you are the more left leaning you are.
That's pretty insulting if that's what you meant.
I do think that more artistic degrees in University ... Poli Sci, Journalism, etc ... would lean more left and have a tendency to have a bias, but I don't agree that the more educated you get the more likely you are to lean left politically.
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I think it is insulting too, that is why I often wonder why so many conservatives attack academia and look down upon intellectuals. They make themselves look bad by doing so. If the majority were in fact intellectuals, or respected intellect, why would they do it? Seriously, how often do you hear liberals lambasting intellectuals in their tirades? Practically never. Face it, conservatives (relative to liberals), in most parts of the world, put less emphasis on educating oneself, and I don't just mean in school, but by experiencing things. I think practically everyone I know who has travelled extensively is a liberal**. I don't think it is just a coincidence.
**That doesn't mean they vote for the Liberal party. I just mean small "l" liberal.