who is arguing that Ayn Rand was a great intellectual?? or that every side have intellectuals?? it has not been the point at all..the point was, if you read all the articles, that intellectuals have no responsibilities of their ideas, and many of their ideas have had very unpleasant and sometimes tragic consequnces, but for some unknown reason some or most of them tend to think they know better and have an authority to decide on many aspects of our lives..
and that's what made Rand great - she understood the consequences of it..