What, is there now a degree requirement for being a citizen? Having an opinion? Discussing Keyes?
Does everyone who doesn't have at least a BA in philosophy from Xavier or better, have to go home? What's the threshold these days?
Since rdf has retired for the evening, I believe, you will have to make do with my less informed opinion. In #74 above, LarryLied charged Keyes with being an elitist because he studied Strauss' ideas, which as I later pointed out were very prominent in intellectual conservative circles at the time. In the post you responded to, rdf, who is in a position to know more about Keyes's thinking, was giving more details, pointing out that Keyes, unlike some other Straussians, was personally religious, as well as a believer in the social usefulness of religion.
There was not even a hint of the ideas that you suggest. Perhaps you would like it if there was a non-degree requirement, forbidding the literate from commenting here. I guess that would work to your advantage. (Sorry to be so sharp, but it is after 4 am, and this information was readily available if you had read the earlier posts).