Yep<\/a>. \u00a0That\u2019s been my experience. \u00a0Not all who cleave unto the gospel of liberalism are this way of course. \u00a0But those with power and influence in our cultural context seem to demonstrate this very approach: \u00a0non conformists are moral and intellectual inferiors not worth the time of day who are simultaneously the single greatest threat to the planet in history. \u00a0But with a monopoly on the media, entertainment and educational industries (or as I like to say, the orb, scepter and crown of cultural manufacturing), there is little chance anyone will stand up and say \u2018wait a minute, isn\u2019t this a bit odd?\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yep. \u00a0That\u2019s been my experience. \u00a0Not all who cleave unto the gospel of liberalism are this way of course. \u00a0But those with power and influence in our cultural context seem to demonstrate this very approach: \u00a0non conformists are moral and intellectual inferiors not worth the time of day who are simultaneously the single greatest threat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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