The Day the Enlightenment Went Out (Garry Wills loses it)

The New York Times ^ | November 4, 2004 | Garry Wills

[EveningStar]

This election confirms the brilliance of Karl Rove as a political strategist. He calculated that the religious conservatives, if they could be turned out, would be the deciding factor. The success of the plan was registered not only in the presidential results but also in all 11 of the state votes to ban same-sex marriage. Mr. Rove understands what surveys have shown, that many more Americans believe in the Virgin Birth than in Darwin's theory of evolution.

[EveningStar]

Professor Wills badly needs his meds.

[happydogdesign]

[Arkinsaw]

Another adjunct Professor. How did they dig up a foam at the mouth liberal professor? They are so rare.

[silent_jonny]

Which raises the question: Can a people that believes more fervently in the Virgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened nation?

Wow--Isn't Wills a Catholic?

[ClancyJ]

How horrible when you fear Christian influence. That should be a signal that you need to look at your values.

[Grampa Dave]

Actually for most of the nation, the lights really went on:

[rdb3]

Professor Wills badly needs his meds.

I went and read the whole piece, and you're right. This dude is nuts.

[sierrahome]

Preach On Garry!! you're just the sort of whack job we need as the opposition.

[atomicpossum]

You've got to thank our liberal intellectual superiors for helping us understand how inferior we are, don't you?

[Fintan]

 

Poor Garry...he's had a rough week.

[rdb3]

Actually for most of the nation, the lights really went on:

Amen to that, Gramps. Amen.

[Vision Thing]

The Enlightenment was so overrated.

[Moconservative]

Does enlightened mean "Atheist." I think that is what he is talking about here. I guess I am not enlightened because I am a God fearing Protestant and I guess I don't have the ability to think in Mr. Wills opinion.

[Grampa Dave]

Garry Wills is only happy when he is writing articles pushing the Gay agenda and telling America how great the Gay life style is or how stupid we are if we oppose it.

Below is the Yahoo search of Garry Wills and Gay:

http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Garry%20Wills%20Gay

[deetch]

Somehow, the conservative religious right is evil but having Rock Stars attempt to bring out the youth vote is glorious. Those 18-25 year olds freshly indoctrined by academia is not scary?

[beebuster2000]

bt

[Sonny M]

I went and read the whole piece, and you're right. This dude is nuts.

Ain't life great?

[King Prout]

utterly.
completely concretely.

howzit goin' up thar?

[Grampa Dave]

Actually, we just turned on the lights, and the perverts of the dark side scurried back into the shadows.

[MattAMiller]

Hey, why don't we pretend post-modernism never happened? It's those nasty Republicans that are trying to bury the gains of the Enlightenment, that's it.