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ecib  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ‘I may be killed if I write this'

While I admire and support his organization's mission and work, he comes off as a condescending jackass:

    You’ve got to distance yourself from fear if you want to be a true writer and a true intellectual, which is what I’m trying to be.’

    If your education is to be used to shut up, placate, downplay, sweet talk, then you are better off being a carpenter.’

He's got a long way to go intellectually if he feels that only intellectuals are capable of moral courage. Ugh.