"Ordinary language," antiintellectualism, and language as a barrier to understanding

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

This is a good topic and I am following this thread with interest.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The difference between Kant and Hegel and modern day "intellectuals" is that the former weren't posting on social media. That sounds a bit snippy and silly but certain people really need to understand how ineffective it is to write such dense prose on somewhere like Twitter and then act shocked when ordinary people don't understand or relate to them. Similarly telling a "normie" "go read Judith Butler" is not a great way to make your case for obvious reasons. The Onion nailed this in one of their best ever videos.

That one was a classic.