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The smug style in American liberalism
There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past decades. It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really — but by the failure of half the country to know what's good for them. In 2016, the smug style has found expression in media and in policy, in the attitudes of liberals both visible and private, providing a foundational set of assumptions...
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This is true, of course. All humans have this weakness no matter how smart or stupid they are. I would say, and I'm liberal, that left wing arrogance is no where nearly as pronounced as right wing. We don't have armed, liberal supremacist groups such as those enjoyed by the right. I was a small town, newspaper reporter, usually the only lefty in the newsroom, and twice I was advised by editors to simplify my writing so that the stupid country hicks could understand it. These were both hard right repubs.