[BrickFingers]

This is part of the rhetoric that pushed people towards Trump.

Instead of asking why they didn't consider voting Democrat or why Trump was a consideration you respond with the equivalent of "well maybe you're not an intellectual"

I've seen a trend of Democrats resorting to attacking anyone that has different views than they do instead of taking the time to understand.

Anyone with opposing views gets labeled idiot, racist, Nazi, bigot, etc...

It does nothing to bridge the gap and bring people to your side. The opposing view still exists without being challenged. I would imagine it just pushes some people into an echo chamber of their own.

[aguaviva]

You respond with the equivalent of "well maybe you're not an intellectual".

That isn't what they said. They said that the PhD, by itself, isn't sufficient evidence of intellectualism.

Which is a perfectly natural reaction to have to anyone who, like the commenter being responded to, holds up their PhD as a defense of their intellectual prowess.

[s1artibartfast]

The parent post was actually about anti-intellectualism, which is a specific distaste and disrespect for the intelligencia.

Someone bragging about having a PhD is very strong evidence that they dont hate the intelligencia

[sbdhzjd]

I was hardly bragging, my degree is not something Im particularly proud of.

It is a piece of paper, however, that credentials me as being part of the technocratic system.

[plewd]

I really don't believe this is just a trend in Democrats; Republicans aren't innocent of this either. They'll resort to the overused labels of "socialist," "woke," or "un-American" for anyone with progressive views.

The whole system is just so polarized that both sides absolutely despise each other, and so both side dehumanize the other. I don't see this ever improving, it's just a shit show where both sides blindfold themselves to opposing ideas and fling as much of it as they can.