{"id":724,"date":"2010-11-29T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/11\/responding-to-sarah-palin\/"},"modified":"2010-11-29T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T09:14:00","slug":"responding-to-sarah-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/11\/responding-to-sarah-palin.html","title":{"rendered":"Responding to Sarah Palin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Chronicle for Higher Education<\/a><\/i> features an article<\/a> which quotes Sarah Palin\u2019s book America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag<\/i><\/a>\"\"\u00a0as saying<\/p>\n

\"America<\/a>\"\"Most of those who write for the mainstream media and teach at universities and law schools don\u2019t share the religious faith of their fellow Americans. They seem to regard people who believe in God and regularly attend their church or synagogue as alien beings, people who are \u2018largely poor, uneducated and easy to command,\u2019 as the Washington Post once famously put it.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article<\/a> goes on to show that the available evidence suggests Palin\u2019s caricature of the university professor is wrong.<\/p>\n

\"\"And so I think it is appropriate, as a university professor who happens to be a Christian, to say that there is indeed something that we university professors as a group object to, and it isn\u2019t religion per se<\/i>. We object to oversimplifications, caricatures, stereotypes, generalizations, unsubstantiated claims, claims that have been debunked and yet continue to be made, and everything else that evidences a lack of critical thinking and a failure to ensure that one\u2019s views and assertions are compatible with available evidence.<\/p>\n

The irony, of course, is that lack of critical thinking skills are what make someone \u201ceasy to command\u201d and not the presence or absence of religious beliefs per se<\/i>. And of course, that very lack of critical thinking skills seems to be evidenced by Palin, or if not, it is assumed to be present in those she hopes to command<\/i>\u00a0through the writing of her book.<\/p>\n

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