"This movement's profound fear of intellectual engagement reveals a deep insecurity about its own beliefs—after all, truly robust ideas don't require such elaborate protection—and, in fact, a profound respect for the power of ideas. You don't construct elaborate systems of thought prevention unless you believe, on some level, that exposure to new, better ideas really could transform society."
J. Dylan Sandifer at The New Republic explains "Why the Christian Right Demonizes Discourse."
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