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pipoman

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3. Yeah, that is the problem with

Reply to JW2020 (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 08:36 AM

Jun 2013

psudo-intellectual liberalism..the abandonment of blue collar and what is important to them...like their jobs and upward mobility and family and maybe even...hold it...religion...al which have been abandoned by Democrats. No, the Democratic party used to be the labor party..the labor party is dead..unfortunately the self proclaimed intellectuals who stole the party from the working class have nearly exactly the same interests as the rethugs, just with a bit more environmentally friendly twist..class warfare! It's whats for dinner..FFS

Educated people are more egalitarian, more environmentally conscious and more community oriented.

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Liberal enclaves in a sea of conservatism [View all] JW2020 Jun 2013 OP

I don't think smugness helps us Recursion Jun 2013 #1

I have seen lots of educated idiots. All you have to do is look at congress. Enough said. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #2

Huh? Where did you see this: FSogol Jun 2013 #10

A CBS survey, IIRC Recursion Jun 2013 #13

I find that really hard to believe. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #14

Why? They're also richer, older, and whiter than the median American Recursion Jun 2013 #16

Because of the moronic (or is it moranic?) nature of their cause? FSogol Jun 2013 #18

It is hard to believe. I was surprised to see the numbers a few years ago. progressoid Jun 2013 #28

Thanks for the study. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #29

Yeah, that is the problem with pipoman Jun 2013 #3

"pseudo" JW2020 Jun 2013 #5

LOL..case in point pipoman Jun 2013 #7

GWB had academic credentials pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #4

academic maybe JW2020 Jun 2013 #6

You focused on bastions of higher education pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #8

Education does not automatically HappyMe Jun 2013 #9

Take Republican economists, for example pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #11

I'll take liberal smugness over brain-dead conservatism, any day..... (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #12

But voters in a majority of districts don't, which is our problem (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #15

Grinnell, Iowa CanonRay Jun 2013 #17

It's not only academic towns tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #19

If Austin is the only place in Texas that comes to mind, kentauros Jun 2013 #20

Good points. Some of the most conservative people I know live in Austin. (nt) Paladin Jun 2013 #21

Austin has changed, considerably. kentauros Jun 2013 #22

I couldn't agree with you more. Paladin Jun 2013 #23

You know better than I do. kentauros Jun 2013 #24

Houston's traffic is better managed than is Austin's. Paladin Jun 2013 #25

At first, I balked at us having better managed traffic. kentauros Jun 2013 #27

College towns are liberal because the students are young and from out of town FarCenter Jun 2013 #26

The mayor of Charlottesville is Sikh. JW2020 Jun 2013 #30

Nikki Haley, the Republican Governor of South Carolina, is a Sikh. FarCenter Jun 2013 #31