“”The conversation soon turned, as conversation often does among “professional intellectuals,””
That is part of what is really wrong with the left. “Professional Intellectuals” i.e. narcissists.
Sit around hallucinating that they are so much more intelligent than others that they have an obligation to micro-manage every one else’s life and freedom because they know better.
GMTA - “professional intellectual” is nearly an oxymoron.
Nail meet hammer. Right on the mark.