The "liberal elite"

[Squinch]

80. I love this post but I disagree with what is meant when a Republican (or Independent) refers to

the Liberal elite.

I don't think the term has anything to do with education, wealth, or any substantive characteristic.

I think it is nothing more than a dog whistle that means, "One of those girly men who votes liberal" which means the same thing as, "Not someone like us, nudge, nudge."

They used to add the word "effete" to the description, but that word itself was too effete for them to be comfortable using after a while.

When the term was applied to Obama, which it was quite a bit in his early years, it was supported by things like his eating kale and drinking lattes and not pounding beers. It was used to describe someone with all that "elitist" education that made him believe in things like global warming and reproductive rights, someone who didn't drive a truck with those giant wheels. Generally "liberal elite" to the Republican base just means someone who is Not Our Kind, Dear when Our Kind is Limbaugh's tiny brained and un-endowed army.

That's why Obama was considered a liberal elite, but Hillary was considered a worse liberal elite.