I know times change and that includes political parties and voters. But this one still takes getting used to. For decades the uneducated (labor) was the core of the Democratic base. The party prided itself on saying it stood for the little guy, the working guy.
But through globalization and technological advancements labor lost its power. And today tech ( and its educated workers dominate) and they lean Democratic. And over the past decade there’s been a switch with more educated leaning Democrat and more working class people leaning Republican.
So to hear Democrats now mocking the working class (uneducated) takes some getting used to. And after hearing for basically my whole life that Republicans don’t care about the poor, to hear Democrats mock a Republican for loving the uneducated is a sort of mind fvxk.
Certainly the first two paragraphs are mostly true.
But the last paragraph (bold text) I think is kind off the mark or misses the point a little.
What I mean is that I don't think the mocking and ridicule is aimed so much at a lack of formal or higher education per se. It's aimed at willful, thick headed, obstinance, ignorance and refusal to be open minded about anything that even slightly hints of liberalism or conciliatory views/attitudes towards mostly social issues, but the rest as well.
I don't think Democrats/the left, mock Trumpers simply for not having completed a higher level of schooling.
We mock them for acting like they've had NONE.
And little or no upbringing either.
When I was a kid I, and I think most other kids, were taught to have empathy for other people, especially those less fortunate than us. Those on the right today act like they were taught none of that. They sneer and jeer and mock the poor and less fortunate.
And if those people are foreign immigrants, fuhgeddaboudit.
I think that kind of behavior is what you're seeing associated with the term "uneducated".
It's less about not having an education than it is acting like one might expect the uneducated to act.
And I think we've all known people with low levels of formal education who came across as being more intelligent than average and even more than some advanced degree holders.
I've known a couple myself personally.
Tom Petty, my favorite songwriter and musician of all time, dropped out of high school around the 11th grade and he came across as deep, wise and thoughtful.
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