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Re:What I Didn't Say by mjburgess on Monday December 30, 2013 @07:46PM (#6988210)
> Which I say about very, very few people.

Going by your personality as demonstrated here it seems you idolize intellect so when you "think he's more intelligent than" you you're going to put him on a pedastle. This may seem natural to you, but it comes across as fawning and misplaced.

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Re:What I Didn't Say by mattmcknight on Monday December 30, 2013 @11:13PM (#6988906)
...but you've invented the idolatry here.

To dig into word choice here a bit. You attack someone for placing a value on "intellect", but criticize pg for being a "pseudo-intellectual". One interpretation of this is that you regard an "intellectual" to be something other than person who effectively used their intellect. Instead, you seem to regard an intellectual as a person who expresses conformity with the majority view of American academia (i.e., a modern liberal who isn't fond of markets.)

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Re:What I Didn't Say by mattmanser on Monday December 30, 2013 @10:09PM (#6988705)
You can determine my personality from a single comment? Wow. I'm sure the NSA wants to hire you.
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Re:What I Didn't Say by Blahah on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @07:12AM (#6990109)
*pedestal
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