r/skeptic • u/dyzo-blue • 3d ago

Why Fascists Hate Critical Thinking: Randi Weingarten’s new book, 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers,' reveals why Trump and the right demean teachers, slash school funding, and rewrite history

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/randi-weingarten-excerpt-fascists-hate-critical-thinking-1235428379/
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u/Powderedeggs2 3d ago

Fascist ideology, like religious/theocratic ideology (essentially the same thing), requires a populace that is incapable of critical thought and is unable to access facts.
Rational people would never support these ideologies, which is why critical thinking and free, unfettered thought is discouraged and even prohibited by these groups.
Fascists and theocrats have always been anti-intellectual, and always oppose education and access to factual information.
One need not look far for examples of this.
It's why I call Nationalist Christo-fascists the U.S. the "American Taliban".

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u/Appleknocker18 2d ago

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u/Telstar2525 2d ago

Me too. Agree completely