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 Which intellectuals are we talking about here? Of course there are figures like Judith "I Never Met A Word I Couldn't Salad" Butler, but I don't think the idiots running around with flags or acting tough behind balaclavas count. Even if they're college students 🤣

And the DEI consultants. Intellectual?

I'm really happy when actual smart people write stuff, even if they get stuff wrong. 
 All intellectuals of the Western Monkish/Platonic bent (99.9%), that think the Universe is full of Magical Forms from which the corrupt world is but a shade of, this includes anyone who think you get more knowledge by destroying knowledge (ie, Pharma and Health statistic which destroy information to draw conclusions).