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Why does this make you angry? I believe he was using the term in reference to the fact that he is an author and writes publicly on sociopolitical topics. I don't think it was meant to imply others aren't intellectual or as some sort of statement about his IQ.

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Btw, do you know how you'd find the comments you make on this site? I know on Reddit you can do that in your profile. Is there any way to do that on Substack?

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Click on your profile icon on the upper right, and click activity. That will show all the replies.

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There's no way to see your comments by themselves (without replies) ?

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your profile tracks your posts but I don't see one for comments. Why do you need it?

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Just good to have the opportunity to see what you comment on. Sometimes you might have second thougts, want to edit, etc. And then you have to search like crazy--unless someone REPLIED to you. Thanks.

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I think you have to just search the page for your name, but I haven't tried it. I just hit reply from my email because I forgot to change my notifications settings and your comment popped up in my email.

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Thank you Kathryn. My comment to Chuck may have sounded harsh but sometimes these self-designated "Public Intellectuals" need to get an echo of how they sound :)

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Point well taken. I'm prone to have those reactions, too, so I don't know why I felt compelled to call you out on it. I guess I save my irritation for the MSNBC/WaPo echo chamber "intellectuals". : )

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See, you're an intellectual who's secure enough to KNOW it without "declaring" it. ;)

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Not angry, more like slightly annoyed. It's presumptuous and arrogant. "I am a public intellectual." And yes, exactly, it DOES imply that he stands apart from others.

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