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But how is that anti-intellectual? Maybe it's literally saying most people aren't intellects? But taking the literal interpretation of this joke misses the joke as the other guy pointed out.
I'm not reading into it literally, that's the point. On the surface, Carlin "tells it like it is." He says things that the people agree with.
You know what? Just look at the praise for Carlin. You'll see things like "genius" and "prophet" or "brilliant insight."
Then look at people criticizing him like me. Suddenly people defend his character by pointing out he's just a comedian, it's just jokes, judge him as a comedian, it's not serious, etc.
He's the Trump of his domain.
You didn't really answer the question...