But anyway, given that I actually pointed out I disagree with him in some aspects, how is that fawning?
The guy's got a history that reads better than any of us here could probably hope for and he writes some amazingly well thought out and well reasoned essays.
I'm don't idolize him, I think he's more intelligent than me.
Which I say about very, very few people.
I think it's absurd to call him a pseudo-intellectual.
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.
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.)
Oh dear.
But anyway, given that I actually pointed out I disagree with him in some aspects, how is that fawning?
The guy's got a history that reads better than any of us here could probably hope for and he writes some amazingly well thought out and well reasoned essays.
I'm don't idolize him, I think he's more intelligent than me.
Which I say about very, very few people.
I think it's absurd to call him a pseudo-intellectual.