Fred,
I was only addressing the thesis of the article, without using the same example -- I didn't see the article so much as a defense of the "Bush doctrine" as a discussion on whether there is a degree to which those who consider themselves "intellectual" do seem to buy into the notion that dissent=intelligence.

I was merely pointing out an example here on the mudcat where that *seemed* to be the case.

I do see an irony that many who take pride in this notion of superior intellect rarely arrive at their observations in a void.