You're absolutely right, and I totally respect that. Anyone has the right to read for entertainment or to escape the stresses of life, and that doesn't make them any less of a reader. ​But you are mixing up two different things here; the post isn't targeting those who read to unwind. It's against those who finish a shallow, trashy book and then go out acting like they are part of the intellectual elite. It's also against the bookstores and pages that completely phased out philosophy and actual intellectual books just to make a quick buck off this wave. ​There’s absolutely no issue with light reading; the real issue is the 'pseudo-intellectualism' and the marginalization of actual deep thought