Check out the linked videos I posted above: This man does not in any way hate “the base”.
But, he isn’t really an intellectual in the same mold of Thomas Sowell, but is more like a outwardly populist version of Victor Davis Hanson.
Sure there are a few decent ones. I’m thinking of the National Review never Trumpers and the like.
I love Thomas Sowell’s work, I have read and purchased at least half a dozen or more of his books, but I have heard he isn’t all that amiable towards people.
I’d still shake his hand, though. I admire his work. But I understand the distinction.