Gods yes, the times I've visited Britain have been very enlightening - average people not only lack any significant suspicion of or hostility towards intellectualism, they even include a significant intellectual endeavor in their hobbies. The time one of my parent's friends (who was otherwise a perfectly ordinary shopkeeper) took us on a tour of her garden and proceeded to provide both common and latin names for all of her favorite plants, not because she was showing off, but because she thought it was important to be clear. I don't know the origins of US anti-intellectualism, but it is vile and disturbingly pervasive.
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Date: 2003-07-06 10:59 am (UTC)