This sort of fatuousness makes it easy to see why the GOP base revolted against conservative "elites": http://city-journal.org/2016/eon0229sk.html …
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Replying to @JimHenleyMusic
@UOJim This is actually an intra-elite struggle, and I'm revolting against Yglesias.2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @FranklinH3000
@FranklinH3000 It's hilarious that this dude thinks Evelyn Waugh is the sort of writer any American ever read in high school though.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @JimHenleyMusic
@UOJim@FranklinH3000 That said, I still wouldn't guess more than 1/5th of my honors English class knew who Waugh was.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ToryAnarchist
@ToryAnarchist@FranklinH3000 I never patronize a dentist unless he's read McTeague.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimHenleyMusic
@UOJim@FranklinH3000 Is the worry about dentists, though, or the likes of Time and Yglesias? A community of thought has been abandoned.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ToryAnarchist
@ToryAnarchist@FranklinH3000 Has it, though? Or is it simply that the procession of time means more worthy stuff than one can keep up w/?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimHenleyMusic
@UOJim@FranklinH3000 Same thing: fragmentation now. A class-curated canon has given way to a more market-oriented one. Not all bad—or good.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ToryAnarchist @UOJim @FranklinH3000 Earlier canons achieved their cohesion from very small cultural elites -- that's over.
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