> Anti-intellectualism leads to less funding of schools, universities and science. I should not have to explain why that is harmful.

Actually, i think less government funding of schools and universities would be a very good thing, at least in the U.S.A. Public schools here fucking suck. If you want a decent education you have to go to a private school, and most of the good ones get absolutely no funding from the government.

And then there are the universities. "Learning? What's that? We're just in it for the money! Look at our brand new library full of japanese anime, pr0n, and computers that you can use to look at even more pr0n! Oh, you wan't books about science? Sorry, we don't have any of those. Maybe you should try that public library down the street that's falling apart and can only stay open 6 hours a week because they don't have any money."

And there's not much government funding for science because the government uses most of it's money to pay for shiny new buildings for the schools and universities.