Intellectualism

In regard to my previous post about intellectualism, I got some feedback that implied I was coming across a bit full of myself.  I think it's worth pointing out that in context with the linked article, the bar for "intellectualism" is not set very high.  For example:


  "more than three years into the Iraq war, only 23 percent of those with some college could locate Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel on a map."

or knowing that the following statement is inaccurate:

  "[Perl Harbor] was when the Vietnamese dropped bombs in a harbor, and it started the Vietnam War"

Also, Europe is not a country.

So when I say I consider myself and most friends "intellectual", it's not exactly an elite group of geniuses.

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