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April 23, 2016
Lately conservative thinkers and journalists had taken to making clear their disdain for the white working class.
I had actually not known they looked down on them.I deeply resented it and it pained me. If you’re a writer lucky enough to have thoughts and be paid to express them and there are Americans on the ground struggling, suffering—some of them making mistakes, some unlucky—you don’t owe them your airy, well-put contempt, you owe them your loyalty. They too have given a portion of their love to this great project, and they are in trouble. - - Peggy Noonan, That Moment When 2016 Hits You
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 23, 2016 3:13 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.