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That’s not a knock against Rensin but an observation that it’s remarkable Vox would publish what Smith calls “a precision-guided missile of perspicacity that rose high into the air and scored a direct hit on its own deck.”
Rensin observes that “the smug style has always existed in American liberalism, but it wasn’t always so totalizing.” That’s because liberalism’s appeal has become more selective in recent decades. Sixty years ago, “the smug style belonged to real elites, knowing in their cocktail parties, far from the ears of rubes.” In the ensuing decades, the “rubes” have increasingly voted Republican: |