Letters to the Editor
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How to harm the left by just spouting off
To paraphrase one commenter on Wonkette, I am sick of having uneducated people from the middle of nowhere ruin this country. When will we get a clue?
The people you're "sick of" constitute the majority of Americans. I know it makes some Obama supporters feel better to alienate this group of people; go right ahead and place making yourself feel good above winning hearts and minds, or recycle some "we weren't gonna win those hearts and minds anyway, they're too stupid" trope. Do you believe in democracy or don't you? if you do, then you're comfortable with the majority deciding who governs.
The whole "if only we intelligent and urbane people were allowed to decide" bit of recent weeks is essentially wrapping up the November election with a nice ribbon and handing it to a Republican candidate who wouldn't stand a chance without this sort of playing into his hands. Enjoy your McCain presidency. You didn't have to have it, but you bought it by reducing public discourse to "my school rules and your school sucks" garbage.