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posted by dennisn on June 21st, 2010 at 10:20PM

I dunno. I should think that one's atheism and acceptance of Enlightenment principles are the successful product of sanity and reason, and not some arbitrary geo-political construction. Unless "the West" doesn't refer to geography but a sane mentality, regardless of residence?

It sounds like your prof buys into the statist bullshit fairy tale that self-appointed "elites" (intellectuals, politicians, him) control the flow of information and ideas.
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