Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to college.
(That's most of the country.)

https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE

Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia are as
compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of last week's
episode of Saturday Night Live.

"My win in Virginia proves that people are deeply concerned about education,"
says the actor portraying a smirking Glenn Youngkin, the GOP governor-elect
who defeated Democratic challenger Terry McAuliffe earlier this month.

"And who are most of your voters?" asks the fake Judge Jeanine Pirro on her
fake Fox News program. Fake Youngkin delivers the punchline: "People who
didn't go to college." And the crowd goes wild.

It's only a stupid joke, but it would be hard to find a better example of the
smug condescension and sneering elitism among Democrats and their media
allies that so many Americans find repulsive. It is designed to appeal to
SNL's bespoke fanbase, which is predominately white and college-educated.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of Americans are "people who didn't go to
college," who are still allowed to vote and care about what their children
are being taught in grade school.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, just 33.1 percent of Americans over the
age of 25 have a bachelor's degree or higher. As you might expect, it's not a
very diverse demographic. Nearly 80 percent of Americans with at least a
bachelor's degree are white. They are wealthier than most Americans and
significantly more likely to use words and phrases such as "Latinx," "white
privilege," "structural racism," and "my pronouns are."

It's a demographic that looks and sounds a lot like the Democratic Party,
which in recent years has seen a surge in support among college-educated
voters while non-college voters-a much larger and more diverse demographic-
have flocked to the Republican Party. Democrats have been doing their best to
reward their educated supporters by pushing student loan forgiveness, giving
tax breaks for rich people in blue states, and insisting that Americans
earning $400,000 a year-six times the median household income-are "middle
class."

Republicans can only hope that Democrats will continue to embrace their role
as the party of smug elites and nominate Pete Buttigieg for president in
2024. The Harvard and Oxford educated 39-year-old is a media darling and
beloved by rich white liberals. His fluency in foreign languages and his
ability to cite examples of structural racism from literature (however
dubious)-never mind his actual record on race relations as mayor of South
Bend-make him ideally suited to court white college grads who follow Ibram X.
Kendi on Twitter and can afford a $40,000 electric car.

Until then, good luck in the midterms!

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On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to college.
> (That's most of the country.)
>
> https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
>
> Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia are as
> compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of last week's
> episode of Saturday Night Live.
The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading popularity.

In article <42f6b3e3-94b0-4e7a-8b5e-43df791d79d5n@googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:

> > Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to
> > college. (That's most of the country.)
> >
> > https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
> >
> > Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia
> > are as compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of
> > last week's episode of Saturday Night Live.
>
> The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading
> popularity.

We're not supposed to have funny comedy anymore. Comedy that makes you
laugh has been canceled because it almost always offends someone.

The goal of comedy in a woke society isn't to elicit laughter. It's to
elicit clapter. You don't laugh at a 'joke', you clap approvingly
because the social commentary is soooo true.

And the grand dame of this new form of unfunny comedy is Hannah Gadsby,
a rotund Australian lesbian who tells dreary sad-sack anecdotes of her
experiences living amongst unwoke neanderthals, while continually using
the phrase "As a lesbian...", lest you forget her place on the
intersectional status hierarchy. And for this, she is hailed as a
comedic genius by the latte-sippers at the New York Times and Washington
Post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8YdTzHTp4

On 11/15/2021 3:36 PM, RichA wrote:
> On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to college.
>> (That's most of the country.)
>>
>> https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
>>
>> Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia are as
>> compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of last week's
>> episode of Saturday Night Live.
>
> The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading popularity.
>

Your mind is completely fried. What was the margin of victory, ten votes?

On 11/15/2021 3:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <42f6b3e3-94b0-4e7a-8b5e-43df791d79d5n@googlegroups.com>,
> RichA <rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>>> Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to
>>> college. (That's most of the country.)
>>>
>>> https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
>>>
>>> Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia
>>> are as compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of
>>> last week's episode of Saturday Night Live.
>>
>> The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading
>> popularity.
>
> We're not supposed to have funny comedy anymore.

That's an interesting comment coming from a guy that's about as funny as
testicular cancer.

In article <smunne$rvc$2@gioia.aioe.org>, trotsky <gmsingh@email.com>
wrote:

> On 11/15/2021 3:36 PM, RichA wrote:
> > On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >> Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to
> >> college.
> >> (That's most of the country.)
> >>
> >> https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
> >>
> >> Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia are
> >> as
> >> compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of last week's
> >> episode of Saturday Night Live.
> >
> > The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading
> > popularity.
> >
>
>
> Your mind is completely fried. What was the margin of victory, ten votes?

The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
That's how the GOP got away with the win. Claiming it as evidence of a
Republican surge is laughable.

The GOP's candidate never mentioned in his TV ads that he was a
Republican, and there were *lots* of ads. We in next-door Maryland had
to suffer through them all.

On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 16:44:20 UTC-5, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <42f6b3e3-94b0-4e7a...@googlegroups.com>,
> RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> > > Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to
> > > college. (That's most of the country.)
> > >
> > > https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
> > >
> > > Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia
> > > are as compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of
> > > last week's episode of Saturday Night Live.
> >
> > The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading
> > popularity.
> We're not supposed to have funny comedy anymore. Comedy that makes you
> laugh has been canceled because it almost always offends someone.
>
> The goal of comedy in a woke society isn't to elicit laughter. It's to
> elicit clapter. You don't laugh at a 'joke', you clap approvingly
> because the social commentary is soooo true.
>
> And the grand dame of this new form of unfunny comedy is Hannah Gadsby,
> a rotund Australian lesbian who tells dreary sad-sack anecdotes of her
> experiences living amongst unwoke neanderthals, while continually using
> the phrase "As a lesbian...", lest you forget her place on the
> intersectional status hierarchy. And for this, she is hailed as a
> comedic genius by the latte-sippers at the New York Times and Washington
> Post.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8YdTzHTp4

Remember when Lincoln called Uhura a negress on Star Trek, but she said "we've learned not to fear words?"
LONG time ago...in a different liberal mindset.

atropos@mac.com wrote:

>We're not supposed to have funny comedy anymore. Comedy that makes you
>laugh has been canceled because it almost always offends someone.
>
>The goal of comedy in a woke society isn't to elicit laughter. It's to
>elicit clapter. You don't laugh at a 'joke', you clap approvingly
>because the social commentary is soooo true.
>
>And the grand dame of this new form of unfunny comedy is Hannah Gadsby,
>a rotund Australian lesbian who tells dreary sad-sack anecdotes of her
>experiences living amongst unwoke neanderthals, while continually using
>the phrase "As a lesbian...", lest you forget her place on the
>intersectional status hierarchy. And for this, she is hailed as a
>comedic genius by the latte-sippers at the New York Times and Washington
>Post.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8YdTzHTp4

Was she the one Chappelle flamed last month after she commented on his
"contraversial" Netflix show?

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On 11/15/2021 9:25 PM, A Friend wrote:
> In article <smunne$rvc$2@gioia.aioe.org>, trotsky <gmsingh@email.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/15/2021 3:36 PM, RichA wrote:
>>> On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to
>>>> college.
>>>> (That's most of the country.)
>>>>
>>>> https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
>>>>
>>>> Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia are
>>>> as
>>>> compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of last week's
>>>> episode of Saturday Night Live.
>>>
>>> The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading
>>> popularity.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Your mind is completely fried. What was the margin of victory, ten votes?
>
>
> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
> That's how the GOP got away with the win. Claiming it as evidence of a
> Republican surge is laughable.

The only reason McAuliffe barely lost was Biden is currently going down
in the polls.

In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.

Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
Republican base over the school curriculum issue.

> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
> That's how the GOP got away with the win. Claiming it as evidence of a
> Republican surge is laughable.
>
> The GOP's candidate never mentioned in his TV ads that he was a
> Republican, and there were *lots* of ads. We in next-door Maryland had
> to suffer through them all.

Yeah reminds me of the local races in my neck of the woods, Republicans
often refer to themselves as "conservatives" in their ads and don't
mention that they're Republicans in hopes of not driving away Democratic
voters.

On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
wrote:

> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>
>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>
> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.

Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
money'.

On 11/16/2021 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>
>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>
> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
> did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
> money'.

Not even by you?

I'd assume that "dark money" means that the actual source is
deliberately kept off-stage. Is that true of union support?

On 11/15/21 8:51 PM, RichA wrote:
> On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 16:44:20 UTC-5, BTR1701 wrote:
>> In article <42f6b3e3-94b0-4e7a...@googlegroups.com>,
>> RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, 15 November 2021 at 08:54:49 UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>
>>>> Sneering elites condemn the life choices of voters who didn't go to
>>>> college. (That's most of the country.)
>>>>
>>>> https://youtu.be/h2hvXqpN-AE
>>>>
>>>> Few explanations for the Republican Party's upset victory in Virginia
>>>> are as compelling as this 30-second clip from the opening sketch of
>>>> last week's episode of Saturday Night Live.
>>>
>>> The victory came as no surprise to anyone clued in to Biden's fading
>>> popularity.
>> We're not supposed to have funny comedy anymore. Comedy that makes you
>> laugh has been canceled because it almost always offends someone.
>>
>> The goal of comedy in a woke society isn't to elicit laughter. It's to
>> elicit clapter. You don't laugh at a 'joke', you clap approvingly
>> because the social commentary is soooo true.
>>
>> And the grand dame of this new form of unfunny comedy is Hannah Gadsby,
>> a rotund Australian lesbian who tells dreary sad-sack anecdotes of her
>> experiences living amongst unwoke neanderthals, while continually using
>> the phrase "As a lesbian...", lest you forget her place on the
>> intersectional status hierarchy. And for this, she is hailed as a
>> comedic genius by the latte-sippers at the New York Times and Washington
>> Post.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8YdTzHTp4
>
> Remember when Lincoln called Uhura a negress on Star Trek, but she said "we've learned not to fear words?"
> LONG time ago...in a different liberal mindset.
>
and yet you keep trying to promote your rightwing teachings

moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
> On 11/16/2021 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>>
>>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>>
>> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
>> did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
>> money'.
>
> Not even by you?
>
> I'd assume that "dark money" means that the actual source is
> deliberately kept off-stage.

Well, that can't be true because the source of 'Koch-funded dark money' is
readily apparent.

On 11/16/2021 8:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>> On 11/16/2021 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>>>
>>>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>>>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>>>
>>> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
>>> did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
>>> money'.
>>
>> Not even by you?
>>
>> I'd assume that "dark money" means that the actual source is
>> deliberately kept off-stage.
>
> Well, that can't be true because the source of 'Koch-funded dark money' is
> readily apparent.
>

How scurrilous!!

On 11/16/2021 2:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>
>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>
> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
> did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
> money'.

True. Reality must be screwing you over again. You need psychiatric help.

On 11/16/2021 9:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>> On 11/16/2021 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>>>
>>>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>>>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>>>
>>> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
>>> did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
>>> money'.
>>
>> Not even by you?
>>
>> I'd assume that "dark money" means that the actual source is
>> deliberately kept off-stage.
>
> Well, that can't be true because the source of 'Koch-funded dark money' is
> readily apparent.

Yes, it is ...when it's brought to light.

On 11/16/2021 8:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>> On 11/16/2021 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Nov 16, 2021 at 12:43:04 PM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <151120212225548089%nope@noway.com>,
>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>>>
>>>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>>>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>>>
>>> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like they
>>> did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded dark
>>> money'.
>>
>> Not even by you?
>>
>> I'd assume that "dark money" means that the actual source is
>> deliberately kept off-stage.
>
> Well, that can't be true because the source of 'Koch-funded dark money' is
> readily apparent.

Sure, in contrast to Don Junior's dark funded coke money.

super70s@super70s.invalid wrote:
> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>
>Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>Republican base over the school curriculum issue.

Selective outrage noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to
make.

--
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In article <cE_kJ.54662$SR4.36912@fx43.iad>, pwallace@moviepig.com wrote:
> On 11/16/2021 9:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/16/2021 3:48 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>> "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:

>>>>>> The Democrats made the huge mistake of running a fairly unpopular
>>>>>> former incumbent against a Republican with no substantial record.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also there was plenty of Koch-funded dark money that fired up the
>>>>> Republican base over the school curriculum issue.
>>>>
>>>> Weird how when unions dump tens of millions into a political race-- like
>>>> they did to fight Newsom's recall-- it's never described as 'labor-funded
>>>> dark money'.
>>>
>>> Not even by you?
>>>
>>> I'd assume that "dark money" means that the actual source is
>>> deliberately kept off-stage.
>>
>> Well, that can't be true because the source of 'Koch-funded dark money' is
>> readily apparent.
>
>Yes, it is ...when it's brought to light.

Except it was never in the dark...

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