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ck4829

(35,038 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 07:04 PM May 2020

"Liberals live in ivory towers and can't do anything for REAL America"

... is what was said by the right. Now you've got a president who lives in an actual tower and the country is falling apart on top of our heads.

I don't know about anyone else, but when that disconnect crossed my mind, I actually laughed a little bit.

It's all you can do right here, right now.

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"Liberals live in ivory towers and can't do anything for REAL America" (Original Post) ck4829 May 2020 OP

i am liberal and live in a gvt run apartment complex , am grateful for it AllaN01Bear May 2020 #1

I believe this is about anti-intellectualism. ariadne0614 May 2020 #2

Replace liberals with RW and ivory towers with gated communities captain queeg May 2020 #3

AllaN01Bear

(17,987 posts)

1. i am liberal and live in a gvt run apartment complex , am grateful for it

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 07:10 PM

May 2020

as for liveing in a ivory tower , never seen one ( yes i know, its a litarary expression) .dream on macduff. and yes the thing in the white house has no concept on how the rest of us live .

ariadne0614

(1,703 posts)

2. I believe this is about anti-intellectualism.

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 08:00 PM

May 2020

This Salon article provides insight.
https://www.salon.com/2020/05/30/anti-intellectualism-is-back--because-it-never-went-away-and-its-killing-americans/

captain queeg

(10,094 posts)

3. Replace liberals with RW and ivory towers with gated communities

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 08:11 PM

May 2020

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