"Bronson, it's fallacious to presume that since you've never met an intellectual, who is also a protestor, that no such thing exists. I"

I agree, but that's not my argument.  My argument was that I've never met one, much like I've never seen a ghost.  It's not that I'm opposed to the existence of ghosts.  I can' say with certainty that they definitely DON'T exist.  I've just never seen one.  

"I've never met Martin Luther King jr or Mohandas Gandhi, but I would consider them both intellectuals and protesters - and that's just two of a great many."

I agree that modern protesters are nothing even remotely comparable to past civil rights leaders.