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    Jolly
    wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 15:52 last edited by
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    A Cal Thomas column...

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Mik
      wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 18:59 last edited by
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      He’s right, of course. Our short attention span culture and media demagoguery have led us to a point where we automatically dismiss ideas based on who presented them rather than the content.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        Catseye3
        wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 19:05 last edited by
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        You think? IIRC, in the early days of Internet, television dumbed down as the Internet grew, leading to the conclusion that intellectuals or even mildly smart people were fleeing to the Net, leaving TV to dumb down or die.

        Could it be that intellectuals are curating their Net browsing (and eshewing social media altogether) for the same reasons? And they're just not as visible anymore?

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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          Horace
          wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 19:09 last edited by
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          My favorite case in point is Jordan Peterson, who gets flippantly dismissed by anybody with a left-leaning perspective. It is literally impossible to maintain intellectual credibility with circa half the American population, if you express political opinions.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • M Mik
            8 Jan 2023, 18:59

            He’s right, of course. Our short attention span culture and media demagoguery have led us to a point where we automatically dismiss ideas based on who presented them rather than the content.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 12:28 last edited by jon-nyc 1 Sept 2023, 12:43
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            @Mik said in The Intellectuals:

            He’s right, of course. Our short attention span culture and media demagoguery have led us to a point where we automatically dismiss ideas based on who presented them rather than the content.

            Agreed, another problem with the short attention spans (exacerbated by Twitter) is that people that might have been old-style intellectuals in another era have today drifted into punditry or even activism, which diminishes or even corrupts them by encouraging hot takes on every issue of the day.

            Who knows, if, say, Oakeshott and Dworkin had had Twitter accounts they might have been dumbed down too.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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            • J Jolly
              8 Jan 2023, 15:52

              A Cal Thomas column...

              https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 12:30 last edited by Doctor Phibes 1 Sept 2023, 12:31
              #6

              @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

              A Cal Thomas column...

              https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

              TL; DR.

              Anybody want to post a quick summary?

              I was only joking

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              • D Doctor Phibes
                9 Jan 2023, 12:30

                @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                A Cal Thomas column...

                https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                TL; DR.

                Anybody want to post a quick summary?

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 12:45 last edited by jon-nyc 1 Sept 2023, 12:46
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                @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                A Cal Thomas column...

                https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                TL; DR.

                Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • J jon-nyc
                  9 Jan 2023, 12:45

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                  @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                  A Cal Thomas column...

                  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                  TL; DR.

                  Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                  Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 12:58 last edited by Doctor Phibes 1 Sept 2023, 13:00
                  #8

                  @jon-nyc said in The Intellectuals:

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                  @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                  A Cal Thomas column...

                  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                  TL; DR.

                  Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                  Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

                  I think maybe you missed my joke 🙂

                  (Article complains about lack of intellectual depth. Moron asks for brief summary as he can't be bothered to read it)

                  I was only joking

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                  • D Doctor Phibes
                    9 Jan 2023, 12:58

                    @jon-nyc said in The Intellectuals:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                    @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                    A Cal Thomas column...

                    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                    TL; DR.

                    Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                    Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

                    I think maybe you missed my joke 🙂

                    (Article complains about lack of intellectual depth. Moron asks for brief summary as he can't be bothered to read it)

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 13:00 last edited by
                    #9

                    @Doctor-Phibes I didn’t miss it. 😁

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      9 Jan 2023, 12:45

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                      @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                      A Cal Thomas column...

                      https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                      TL; DR.

                      Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                      Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

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                      Mik
                      wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 13:02 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc said in The Intellectuals:

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                      @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                      A Cal Thomas column...

                      https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                      TL; DR.

                      Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                      Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

                      Yes. They begin with the outcome predetermined and work from there to justify it.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • D Doctor Phibes
                        9 Jan 2023, 12:58

                        @jon-nyc said in The Intellectuals:

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                        @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                        A Cal Thomas column...

                        https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                        TL; DR.

                        Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                        Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

                        I think maybe you missed my joke 🙂

                        (Article complains about lack of intellectual depth. Moron asks for brief summary as he can't be bothered to read it)

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                        jon-nyc
                        wrote on 9 Jan 2023, 13:31 last edited by
                        #11

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                        @jon-nyc said in The Intellectuals:

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in The Intellectuals:

                        @Jolly said in The Intellectuals:

                        A Cal Thomas column...

                        https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/4/where-have-all-intellectuals-gone/

                        TL; DR.

                        Anybody want to post a quick summary?

                        Not dissing the piece at all, but the TL;DR is the headline. Left and right, there just aren’t intellectuals working today of the stature of a generation or two ago.

                        I think maybe you missed my joke 🙂

                        (Article complains about lack of intellectual depth. Moron asks for brief summary as he can't be bothered to read it)

                        I've known you're a moron for so long I forget how funny it is.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

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