ANOTHER NARRATIVE CONTRADICTION

Conservatives argue that liberals want to make everyone the same by forced redistribution of almost anything, including school grades. One "scenario" I've heard is taking points from "A" students to give to "F" students in order to make sure everyone is happy. You would think that they would recognize that there are in fact "educated classes" but you would be wrong.

In this NYT op-ed, David Brooks contrasts the Baggers with the Educated and Beck & Levin can't stand it:

Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular over the past year.

The educated class believes in global warming, so public skepticism about global warming is on the rise. The educated class supports abortion rights, so public opinion is shifting against them. The educated class supports gun control, so opposition to gun control is mounting.

The story is the same in foreign affairs. The educated class is internationalist, so isolationist sentiment is now at an all-time high, according to a Pew Research Center survey. The educated class believes in multilateral action, so the number of Americans who believe we should “go our own way” has risen sharply.

A year ago, the Obama supporters were the passionate ones. Now the tea party brigades have all the intensity.