It seems you are conflating (intentionally?) "intellectual" with "ideologue".<p>Also, what can this following sentence possibly be but doublethink?<p>&#62; Distrusting intellectualism is not a sign of irrationality; in fact I'd go so far as to say too strong a faith in intellectualism is rather the irrational position.<p>(What is intellectualism if not a deep faith in rationality itself?)