"The enlightenment liberal prizes truth arrived at through an
exchange of ideas in a zone free from basic prejudices of faction
or identity."
It is so hard to be an old-fashioned Enlightenment Liberal these
days. No sarcasm intended. I used to think Americans liked to chew
the intellectual fat around the proverbial cracker barrel, but
after exposure to Kitty & Tom (see above), I'm not so sure. It
seems to me that our essential character is fundamentalist. Which
is to say, we'll believe anything if it conforms to our prejudices.
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