If you actually are an educated, thinking person, you will not be welcome in Washington DC.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True education and critical thinking are unwelcome in the political center.
- In plain terms
- Thinking people are not welcome in Washington DC.
- What can you take from it?
- Critical thinking may be discouraged in politics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is intellect unwelcome in politics?
- How do we fix this?
Another view
This is a generalization that ignores exceptions.
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