Posted on 08/01/2017 6:02:45 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
CNN's Fareed Zakaria previewed his documentary Why Trump Won Monday on Wolf Blitzer's afternoon TV program. Zakaria said Trump supporters are "tribal" and saw the 2016 presidential election as an act of cultural and class rebellion against the "educated" urban professionals.
"We tried to get at that deeper issue, which is really a portrait of America," Zakaria said of his investigation into Trump supporters. "A kind of cultural and class portrait of an America that feels deeply resentful about the direction the country is going in and the people who run the country. People, you know, who are professionals, urban, educated. This is, in a sense, an act of class rebellion. It is an act of cultural rebellion. And Donald Trump is their guy."
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ZAKARIA: "...... You can -- you can ask -- we tried to explain why he became their guy, but he is their guy and, you know, my sense has always been, they have latched on to him the way you latch on to a sports team. The fact that the sports team is not doing well does not mean you will give up support. So when people keep watching and saying, well, but Trump is not really a conservative. Ideology doesn't matter. They say, well, he's not accomplishing much. Competence doesn't matter. This is some kind of tribal identity and they're sticking with him."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Educated??? Zakaria has a bachelor of arts degree, and a PhD in government. I consider a qualified welder, or a truck driver with a CDL to be far better educated than that.
It’s a middle class rebellion against the elitist media and establishment politicians that have whored themselves out to their owners (who they’ve never met and wouldn’t like).
It was a battle between the sane (Trump supporters)and the insane (LIBs)
Suck the high hoagie, Fahreed! ...
"An Act Of Class Rebellion" Against "The Educated Institutionally Indoctrinated""
There! Fixed it.
Trump won because college-educated Americans are out of touch
“The current mob of narcissists are indoctrinated, not educated.”
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Agreed re: most schools. Fortunately, my kid goes to a conservative university and is a STEM major.
“secular and non-practicing Muslim”
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If that’s a self-description, he’s either lying (taqiyya) or a heretic.
In 2017, having a diploma doesn’t necessarily mean someone is educated.
Fareed, I’m not impressed with your education, experience or your current work product.
Have a nice day.
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By the educated he really means the ACADEMICS. An academic is someone who can not DO anything of value, so he pontificates and expects us underlings to pay him for doing so.
Nuff said! No way to straighten out a dog's tail.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." - Proverbs 1:7
They think they are so much smarter than we are.
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