Source: ProSocial Libertarians
by Andrew Jason Cohen
“Intellectuals argue — they provide reasons for their view and against the views of their opponents. … Killing someone for engaging in argument is obviously anti-intellectual. We all know this. And it doesn’t matter if we disagree with the intellectual. … To stop the maelstrom of political hatred and violence, we need to stop incentivizing people to seek power through intellectual (or pseudo-intellectual) means. We need to listen to experts, but even then we must listen critically, questioningly, with some degree of skepticism.” (09/11/25)
https://prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/anti-intellectualism-and-violence