Not purely a lib affliction. Smugness comes with sharp partisanship.
A certain poster here can't tell us frequently enough that liberal is another word for mental illness. People with very, very strong views tend to think those who disagree are wrong, and wrong-headed. The echo chambers that these people tend to spend their time in these days just make it worse.
But I have to say that this reminds me of a conversation I had probably around the time of the 2000 election with a dem co-worker - at that time I was pretty committed Bush supporter, and during one of our conversations he did say that the problem with democracy is that most people do not deserve to have the right to vote.
In a way, that is consistent with progressive political thinking that wants an expanded role for govt in our lives - to play roles that simply can't be trusted to the masses. For many they seem to think absolute power corrupts absolutely - except when it is govt that has the power.
So, anyway, I think a either side could be broadly accused of this on their extremes.
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Posted: 04/22/2016 at 09:53AM