re: #210 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

He really normalized anti-science attitudes as being completely acceptable in the GOP, too. Before then, the GOP pretty much acknowledged that science was the backbone of the American economy and military power. Reagan kind of led the anti-intellectualism charge, or at least was strapped to the front of the anti-intellectualism movement like a hood ornament.

So much of modern conservatism has consisted of simply unleashing the resentment, anger, ignorance and prejudice of people who were already resentful, angry, ignorant and prejudiced.