[yongin]

{I've been getting this feeling that for one reason or another, many FReepers have a distrust of intelligence. I don't get it.}

Some posters think by attending Ivy League schools means you've been brainwashed by liberal professors. Therefore, doing well in school means liberal. Having poor grades means you rejected the politically correct brainwashing.

[Melas]

Some posters think by attending Ivy League schools means you've been brainwashed by liberal professors. Therefore, doing well in school means liberal. Having poor grades means you rejected the politically correct brainwashing.

Sounds exactly like gang-banger culture where education is also derided.