Talk:Essay:Liberal Intellectualism
Question
Examples of not-quite-the-best intellectual promoters of liberal arguments
Who would you say are the best intellectual promoters of liberal arguments? And who would you say are real, rather than pseudo, intellectuals?
Pachyderm 06:32, 5 September 2007 (EDT)
- I'll clarify. What that means is "not-quite-intellectual". Godspeed.--Aschlafly 09:44, 5 September 2007 (EDT)
Achievements
I know that this is an essay, and it reflects your personal opinion, which you are of course entitled to. I'm confused about why you say that the people on your list are "short on intellectual achievements." You list, in order,
- A U.S. Senator/Presidential candidate
- A U.S. Senator/Vice President/Presidential candidate/lecturer
- A Governor/President of the United States
- An Oxford faculty member/influential scientist
- A Harvard faculty member/influential scientist/author
- A Harvard Law faculty member/influential expert on constitutional law
- A U.S. Secretary of Defense/President of World Bank
- A Nobel laureate/U.S. Secretary of State/major player in US foreign policy for a decade
- A successful theoretical physicist who led the effort to develop the most important weapon in world history
- A popular comedian and talk show host (not sure who seriously considers Jon Stewart an intellectual per se, but he does provide social commentary, so I'll give you a point for this one)
- An M.I.T. faculty member/successful philosopher, author
- A successful economist who was given the title of Baron for his work
Most people would probably call that a pretty impressive list of achievements for "wannabes or pseudo-intellectuals." While I understand that you don't agree with a lot of those men, it doesn't mean that they haven't accomplished anything. Arguments against their ideologies would be more effective if they were made without trying to blow off their achievements as insignificant.--Bayes 23:26, 5 September 2007 (EDT)
