Yes! Admitted leftist Chef Anthony Bourdain just told the truth about “privileged” liberals

He’s a celebrity chef, author, and TV personality, but native New Yorker Anthony Bourdain also considers himself a “privileged Eastern liberal,” which makes what he said about his own kind even more satisfying.

In an interview with Reason magazine, Bourdain criticized the politically correct culture created by his fellow liberals and how they looked down on red-state America with “utter contempt.” He said liberals shouldn’t be all that surprised that this kind of treatment is what led to Donald Trump’s election:

“The utter contempt with which privileged Eastern liberals such as myself discuss red-state, gun-country, working-class America as ridiculous and morons and rubes is largely responsible for the upswell of rage and contempt and desire to pull down the temple that we’re seeing now.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in gun-country, God-fearing America. There are a hell of a lot of nice people out there, who are doing what everyone else in this world is trying to do: the best they can to get by, and take care of themselves and the people they love. When we deny them their basic humanity and legitimacy of their views, however different they may be than ours, when we mock them at every turn, and treat them with contempt, we do no one any good.”

The truth has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

Of course, Bourdain is no fan of President-elect Trump and is concerned that he is a part of a “global trend” of “the rise of authoritarianism.” But his remarks about tone-deaf liberals is spot on:

“Nothing nauseates me more than preaching to the converted. The self-congratulatory tone of the privileged left—just repeating and repeating and repeating the outrages of the opposition—this does not win hearts and minds. It doesn’t change anyone’s opinions. It only solidifies them, and makes things worse for all of us. We should be breaking bread with each other, and finding common ground whenever possible. I fear that is not at all what we’ve done.”

You can say that again. Self-awareness is a good thing.