I haven’t read through all the comments in this thread - so maybe someone can help me out:

Is someone actually arguing that Al Gore is an example of “intellectuals” not understanding the perspective of the common man? Al Gore is not an intellectual. His involvement in promoting AGW science is not an example of an intellectual not understanding how their theories come off to the general public.

Al Gore is a politician - and that anyone confuses him with a climate science “intellectual” is ridiculous.