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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Miss dumb blond USA?

Our national embarrassment over a South Carolina teenage contestant's world knowledge.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:57 PM

    -- Casual Interest

    You claim Andrew Burke has only a superficial knowledge of your country but the huge generalisations you lobbed back about Australia showed no difference on your behalf.

    Genius, there is no way to discuss entire cultures without generalizing. Culture itself is a generalization of individual traits. Not all generalizations are equal.

    Instead of "Casual Interest" I think "Limited Interest Due To Intellectual Laziness" might be a more descriptive moniker for you, generally.

    —healthyskeptic Read healthyskeptic's other letters

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