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In reply to the discussion: Liberal guilt? [View all]kcr
(15,300 posts)It's an insult. It's meant as an insult. They do it because they don't value smarts and education. For some people the insults works, because they claim the response should be trying to understand them. Find common ground with them. Go to them and comfort whatever wounds they're feeling because they feel hurt that they're not as educated and smart. It's baloney. This is what is behind that aspect of the whole liberal guilt thing. If you actually feel superior to them as a human being and that makes you feel bad, work on that, of course, but reading your post I honestly think a lot of it has to do with what I'm talking about. The political discourse has been so bad in our country for so long that there is a lot of hurt and resentment on both sides. There is no reason to feel shame for being educated, and believe me, they're not crying because they're not. They basically don't care that they aren't and you shouldn't either.