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		zaphods-towel on Dec 14, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Metro areas suffering from brain drain or benefiti... Unsurprising given the strongly anti-intellectual thread woven through conservative culture these days.

mixedCase on Dec 15, 2016 [–]

I wouldn't say "these days" given the current situation. The arguably most extremist form of the mainstream right, the alt-right, is quite intellectual and fairly secular.

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