There is nothing surprising about the hatred against intellectuals or thinkers.
They had been prosecuted since ages all over the world.
Socrates was forced to drink poison for awakening the masses.
Jesus Christ was crucified for spreading the message of love and humanity.
Galileo
was put under house arrest by Church for giving the heliocentric theory
(Earth revolves around sun) instead of geocentric theory (everything
revolves around earth).
When Galileo was punished for speaking the truth, he rightly said, "And yet it moves".
Today the whole world know the truth that Earth revolves around sun and not other way round.
Truth can’t be changed though temporarily suppressed.
Most people are not only ignorant, but also stupid enough to believe the false propaganda as truth.
Instead of punishing the one who is spreading the lies, they often punish the one who is speaking the truth.
You can educate a person who is ignorant, but can’t help a person who posseses false knowledge and consider it to be THE truth.
George Bernard Shaw said it wisely, “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance”.
-Awdhesh Singh
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