"Know Nothing" Simplification Of The Complexity That Is

The Know Nothing Party's Nativist Ideal

The American Party: Know Nothing Nativism And Opposition To Catholic Immigration

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-american-party-no-nothing-nativism.html
Like the Pharisees, the Know Nothings are always with us.

Alan: The following post reveals the complexity of a socio-political situation that "the aggressively ignorant" are incapable of analyzing (or believing). 

Lacking intellectual rigor and by virtue of their bone-deep ignore-ance, Know-Nothing conservatives are incapable of fathoming the significance of peer-reviewed science - not a flawless mechanism but the best tool we have for refuting the presumed superiority of witless "common sense."

State Of Things Community Forum: "Breaking The School To Prison Pipeline"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/11/state-of-things-community-forum.html

"Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge... It can tell us when w'ere being lied to. It provides a mid-course correction to our mistakes."
Carl Sagan

"The Danger Of Science Denial"

TED Talk by Michael Specter

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/ted-talk-danger-of-science-denial.html