Unfortunately this blanket mistrust in conservative circles of all intellectual activity and academic pursuits is a fallout of the Deep State activities against conservatives over the past decade. Conservatives are retreating into an illogical and conspiratorial cave of anti-intellectualism, rejecting all pedigreed intellectuals as suspicious, but have no other response.
Good post, some conservatives are giving the same knee-jerk reactions to all kinds of things.
Sadly you are correct