In Grant Penrod's "Anti-Intellectualism" Essay at the Arizona University Printer’s Devils Competition in which his essay won him second place out of hundreds of other essays; Mr. Penrod’s main point and thesis argument was that today’s intellectuals are being highly mistreated and sadly disrespected. To make a clear understanding on what he really means by this, Mr. Penrod gives prime examples of this unfortunate time for intellectuals including the extremism of anti-intellectuals, how some celebrities like Sammy Sosa never graduated, and how these anti-intellectuals are hurting these people. He mentions about how online websites like Talkingcock.com have some users who post very malicious and violent opinions towards today’s intellectuals.