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If it's a lady with a high school degree who works scrubbing toilets and her only reading is trashy romance novels, then yeah, she's probably not very intellectual.
But if the lady has a Ph D and works in an intellectual job for 60+ hours a week like I do--doing work that IMO develops the intellect more than fiction reading ever can--then one looks pretty silly bashing her for rotting her intellect for reading trashy romance novels. ...
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I'd suggest, based on their apparent taste level, neither is an intellectual. They have different trades and one may score higher on standardized tests. But as far as being an intellectual, nope.
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......No reading is harmful. It's all words. Even bad writing can improve your vocabulary, make you use your imagination etc...." ...
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You've never met a religious fanatic, then....
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... Now some books are better than others for sure. Some books will give you more to think about, challenge your vocabulary more than others, etc....
...There is quality writing in every genre. So just generalizing about whole genres is pretty ignorant.
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Seems like we are in agreement here.
However, "intellectuals" have generally reasonably developed and thus discriminating taste, thus are much less likely to read trash literature.
Just like an art curator doesn't usually go home and lapse into admiring velvet paintings....