[MD] re, fellow european-Bodvar

[plattholden at gmail.com]

The left-wing attitude, well represented here, is that the academy is the 
exclusive domain of intellectualism. Such an attitude is laughable on its 
face. What's more, anti-intellectualism is the theme of Chapters 22 and 
24 of Lila, a theme which Pirsig sums up neatly in saying, "It was this 
intellectual level that was screwing everything up." To ignore the damage 
intellectuals have done to society in modern times is to ignore one of the 
main messages of the MOQ. So don't give me all this cheering for 
academic intellectuals. I agree with Pirsig that they are much more a 
problem than a solution. 

Platt
  
On 15 Apr 2010 at 16:06, david buchanan wrote:
 
> dmb says:
> There are some good reasons to complain about "the academy" and
> "philosophology" and then there are bad reasons to complain. The 
> biggest,  baddest reason is just ordinary, right-wing anti-intellectualism.
> That's not  even a reasoned position. It's just an attitude.