Do You Consider Yourself to be an Intellectual?

[luiz]

I don't consider myself an intellectual, among other reasons because I don't like arbitrary and meaningless definitions of broad and generic terms such as "intellectual". Whoever wants to be an intellectual is so in my book, but I'm doing fine without that label.

 

[JollyRoger]

I don't care what intellectuals do in the privacy of their own homes, but they should not be allowed to get married to each other or adopt and they should cut out the pride parade nonsense.

 

[Babbler]

I don't consider myself an intellectual, mostly because I'm not a self-pretentious jackass.

 

[Dachs]

I don't consider myself an intellectual, mostly because I'm not a self-pretentious jackass.

This seems to be a common theme with you.

 

[Babbler]

This seems to be a common theme with you.

I do have a healthy low self-esteem.

 

[Sui Generis]

Hehe.....yeah, you havent been here that long....apparently you dont realize that a significant number of posters here will turn such a poll into a joke if they are a mind to. And in this particular case quite a few would be of a mind to.

Maybe I should have done a public poll. You think the mods would change it if I asked?

 

[holy king]

For one, and only one thread, the whole of CFCOT united against a common enemy.

given the fact that people even defended al da great ("he's not that bad a nazi") that was truely an accomplishment...

 

[illram]

Once upon a time, I left the gas nozzle in my gas tank and drove off. That disqualifies me for life unfortunately.

 

[Agent327]

Actually, it doesn't.

But on topic: it seems a lot of the posters on this thread have a ppor understanding of intellect, intellectual and intellectualism. So I didn't vote.

And yes, perhaps you should have made it a public poll.

 

[Sui Generis]

Actually, it doesn't.

But on topic: it seems a lot of the posters on this thread have a ppor understanding of intellect, intellectual and intellectualism. So I didn't vote.

And yes, perhaps you should have made it a public poll.

I find your misspelling of poor ironic.

 

[LightFang]

I find your misspelling of poor ironic.

How is it ironic? We already knew that he was an idiot, so it's not like his misspelling was contrary to expectations.

 

[Perfection]

Occasional spelling glitches is not an indicator of goodness if you have to resort to that kind of criticism, then you suck as a poster.

 

[Sui Generis]

Occasional spelling glitches is not an indicator of goodness if you have to resort to that kind of criticism, then you suck as a poster.

Wasn't criticism, just dry humor.

 

[MobBoss]

Maybe I should have done a public poll. You think the mods would change it if I asked?

Not at this point, no.

 

[Mirc]

I might be wrong, but IIRC mods can't make a poll public, isn't it? Or was it that they can't make it multi-choice from single-choice?

 

[Agent327]

How is it ironic? We already knew that he was an idiot, so it's not like his misspelling was contrary to expectations.

Referring to yourself as "we" and resorting to name calling shows a poor understanding of intellect as well.

 

[general_kill]

Is there a middle ground between intellectual and anti-intellectual?

Btw, I'm intellectual to the same degree theologians are "educated".

 

[Kennigit]

I voted yes, but I could have voted no. Compared to the average person I come across in my daily life- yes, definitely.

 

[Mowque]

i voted yes just to make OT seem a tad more pretentious

 

[Agent327]

Is there a middle ground between intellectual and anti-intellectual?

Since anti-intellectualism represents despisement of intellect, I'd say no.