<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMaelezo ya Blumenthal yenye kudharauliwa ni ukumbusho kwamba karibu kila wakati kuna kitu cha mkoa na cha kibinafsi kuhusu majibu ya wasomi wa Marekani kwa Whittaker Chambers.  <response>: Blumenthals contemptible insinuations are a reminder that there is nearly always something provincial and self-serving about the response of American intellectuals to Whittaker Chambers. 