Indeed, arguably they loved Diogenes so much *because* he was so crudely anti-intellectual. Diogenes hated Plato and Aristotle, Athens hated them too
That's not correct - ancient Greek attitudes to philosophy were wildly erratic. Compare how the demos felt about Socrates to their weird fondness for Diogenes (objectively a gross guy) just one generation later
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The peripatetics scattered when Alexander died because Athens immediately passed a law that would permit an anti-Aristotelain pogrom. That's just one example
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