Real intellects speak to "the better angels of our nature." They don't pander to the most primal.
I remember talking to some guy a couple years ago and he said, "I love Howard Stern because he says what I only think..."
All I could answer was, "What the hell is wrong with you? Are you a moron?"
I've said for many years now that the worst advice out there on the pop cultural landscape is 'be yourself.' I prefer 'be better than yourself.' :-)
My galpal often says when I meet people she knows "Don't be yourself! Just this once, be someone else!" So I know what I am talking about! ;-)
Real intellects speak to "the better angels of our nature." They don't pander to the most primal.
What is a real intellect ?
Someone who tells you theres a lion in the street then hides under the bed ?
Or someone who tells you to hide under the bed while they kill the lion in the street ?
Or someone who asks if they can assist you in killing the lion in the street?
Or someone holds you up to the lion lest they might not be eaten first?
I think its someone who asks if they can assist you in killing the lion in the street and if your afraid of the lion which most individuals are including myself they help you bring out your primal self who has been hiding behind the kind and gentle persona
Savage {imho} is trying to wake people up to the lion in the street around the corner but PC is lulling the masses to sleep keeping their eyes hiden from the impending danger creeping ever so closer to the throat of the resting masses!