The exact quote from the article is:
he expresses concern about how the ideas of the educated class have fallen from favor.
"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," he said.
If anything, I would take this as a suggestion, by Brooks, that the self-proclaimed "educated calss" needs to reconsider its position in society since it has become, seemingly, irrelevant.
I didnt see the article but it sounds as though he is accusing the hoi polloi of doubting global warming etc simply because the liberal elite endorses it. But he’s wrong. We dont doubt GW simply because Al Gore is its spokesmodel. We reject it because we have looked at the evidence and it is pathetic. Similarily opposition to abortion rights outside of the “educated class” is based on something more than said class’ support of it.
There has always been something nauseating about the manner in which liberal elites dismiss lies like Blumenthals as if they were akin to inflating the value of something you donated to Goodwill by a few bucks. Brooks gets more like them all the time.