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Posted by Fred Doyle on 03/24/06 04:06
"Neredbojias" <invalid@neredbojias.com> wrote
> Oops, hold on there. You are assuming that today's "average citizen"
> _can_ think in the first place. There has been some question regarding
> this in recent times, particularly after they re-elected Bush.
>
I'm a lot more liberal than this will come across, but you do realize that
this kind of elitist attiude is a large part of what helped elect and
re-elect Bush in the first place. It is seen by many as being quintessence
of liberal elitism, i.e. "we know what's good for America because we are
more intelligent than the average American. The average American is too
stupid, so they should just do what we tell them to." A very good book by a
true liberal that makes the same point is "What's the Matter with Kansas" by
Thomas Frank.
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Fred Doyle
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