I realize it’s early in the year to declare him the winner, but if this column doesn’t win it for him, David Brooks is at least a serious contender for Upper Class Twit of the Year. I do give him credit for his self-restraint. Perhaps I’m channeling his colleague MoDo here, but “fair or not” I saw the unwritten word “teabagger” in that column. I’m guessing he used Find and Replace to swap “teagger” out with “tea party” before submitting it. And I’m not sure, but I think I saw “bourgeoisie” and “proletarian,” too.
The public is not only shifting from left to right. Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular over the past year. The educated class believes in global warming, so… The educated class supports abortion rights, so… The educated class supports gun control, so… The educated class is internationalist, so… The educated class believes in multilateral action, so…
…so the great unwashed is against those policies. Just because David Brooks and the rest of the, um, “educated class” is for them. There is absolutely no other reason to oppose those policies except a national temper tantrum against our rightful overlords. Just admit it, folks, and let’s go sit in the corner for our time out. Hey, it was about time for another “poor, uneducated and easy to command” moment from our educated class arrogant, elitist jackass class. David Brooks probably thinks that song is about him, too.
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