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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
Was this an attempt to break the irony record on the internet by launching an ad hominem attack on the entire educational establishment of the USA over the fact they use ad hominem attacks
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No. It was an observation. I first noticed it when I was in school. Those who professed to be intellectuals were usually (not catagorically) those who were least tollerant of the views of others. Choosing to demean the individual rather than address the idea. It continues. It is not unique to the left or right. It is very common and very human.
It is also frustrating that those people who hold themselves up as intellectual beacons are as prone to it as those they demean.