To the extent that Catholics conform to your model intellectual they're hardly distinctive. And isn't Catholic social doctrine MSW's bailiwick? Obviously not all ideas are equal, and the critic is obligated to ridicule ridiculous ideas. Being "inclusive" shouldn't mean uncritical reception of opposing views. MSW rightly disdains Sirico's Crux fluffy piece of anti-socialist apologetics, as if anti-libertarianism is surely the road to socialism, communism and tyranny. What nonsense.