I ARE DUMB
OK, the lede did its job and got my attention:
Memo to home-schooling advocates: YOU ARE DUMB.
It’s an anti-Patrick Henry (Dominionist Bible) College rant. My favorite bit:
“There are some creationists who are anti-intellectual in approach. I don’t believe you have to check your brain at the door to be a creationist.” – Jennifer Gruenke, biology teacher, PHU.
OK, everyone, in unison, the punchline. “…BUT IT HELPS!”
UPDATE: As Kay pointed out, the language is a bit “saucy.”
3 Responses to “I ARE DUMB”
 Comment by KayBrooks June 20th, 2006 at 7:50 am |
A language warning may have been nice. And while you may have issues with creationists–I’ve got a problem with anyone who really believes: “… the free market sucks.” |
 Comment by Daniel June 20th, 2006 at 1:24 pm |
I usually dismiss anyone who posts a bunch of prejudicial flamebait without reason, logic, or evidence supporting him as harmless – or even beneficial for the opposing viewpoint. Very little can hurt a cause more than a bunch of nuts adding white noise until the real arguments can’t be heard. At that point outside observers have nothing real to evaluate. If the opposing side keeps the noise down, you get a bunch of drivel on one side and stuff that makes sense on the other. Most people can tell the difference too – certainly the ones who matter most. |
 Comment by David June 21st, 2006 at 2:11 pm |
Bryan describes homeschooling as “The safe, protective coddling of brains that believe what they’re told because they’ve spent their entire lives learning to believe what they’re told…An entire support system from kindergarten through retirement designed to allow for the survival of ideas and beliefs that would otherwise lose out in the great Darwinian memetic ecosystem.” Ha! That is precisely how I would describe a school system with a 27% dropout rate, with graduates who are 40% functionally illiterate and fill up the remedial math and English classes at state universities. That is what I would call a “‘tardfarm.” What an idiot. |