[bigbob]

He’s got some good analysis here. And even if you think back to high school, the cool people weren’t necessarily the smart people. In fact, there’s more often than not an inverse correlation. And anyone can tell most of these cool pop culture icons are dumb as fenceposts.

[Calvin Locke]

Another variation on “the radical chic”.

[GOPJ]

...if you think back to high school, the cool people weren’t necessarily the smart people. In fact, there’s more often than not an inverse correlation.

Good point.