re: #68 ClaudeMonet

Intellectuals spend years lecturing people from their ivory tower, telling them how stupid they are, what they should believe, how they should live, all in accordance with their sheltered, academic, theoretical, comfy existence. Why? Because it’s a hell of a lot easier than getting their hands dirty and finding out how people really live, believe, etc., how the various threads of their lives intertwine.

Then they wonder why those they lecture get pissed off at them.

You’re painting with a broad brush. I don’t know of any popular intellectuals that fit that mold. Many intellectuals get a real kick out of bringing more complex ideas to the masses and watching light bulbs go off and minds blown, as opposed to just looking smart.

The anti-intellectual populists are far more guilty of promoting anti-intellectualism than the worst of the intelligent snobs. If accountability is brought forth then proportionality should matter.