Reply #14: Yes there is a war against intelligence.

[Siena]

I think it's a number of things. For one, people of faith are taught to fear intelligence. Meaning, if you thought about it too much, you would never really believe in God. And secondly, I think it's a backlash against the "liberal elites". People don't want to feel like they're stupid and there are a lot of people in the intelligentsia that will scoff at ignorance and hence there is a movement to sort of fight back. And lastly, the kool aid goes down a lot more smoothly if you don't think about it too much and hence it's reinforced by our "common man" president. Hey, i got C's in school and I became president of the US! Imagine what you can do! Of course he doesn't add the family he comes from certainly helps out a lot...