“And it’s because probably he went to like East Overshoe College or something and wants to prove that he’s smarter than anybody from the Northeast – from Harvard.”
This is somewhat amusing in that there are few places on earth that have more of an ‘intellectual’ / ‘academic’ chip on the shoulder than Boston and much of the elitist Northeast. The above quote from Barnacle underscores this.
There are smart people at Harvard, and smart people at U Mass, and smart people at Southern Illinois University, and smart people who never went to college. Further, because of the penchant of elite (often synonymous with elitist) Northeast universities to try to appear progressive and cast themselves as engineers of social justice, they often select people who aren’t that academically stellar but who fit into other boxes.
That said, coming from a recognized Northeast university is in no way documentation that you are exceptionally smart or knowledgeable. When you combine that with arrogance, which is exactly what Barnacle was exemplifying, you have a great recipe for self-perpetuated blind stupidity.
Barnicle projecting again?