{"id":1773,"date":"2017-01-03T23:46:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T05:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2017-01-03T23:46:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T05:46:25","slug":"new-yorker-tried-slam-conservatives-proved-elitist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/01\/new-yorker-tried-slam-conservatives-proved-elitist\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Yorker tried to slam conservatives, but only proved itself elitist"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/bentaub91\/status\/815927712036585472<\/p>\n<p>A new cartoon featured in <em>The New Yorker<\/em> has Instapundit raving, \u201cElitists gotta elite.\u201d That\u2019s a correct assessment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The cartoon is set inside an airplane cabin. A white, mustached man is standing and speaking to the other passengers: \u201cThese smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly the plane?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many hands are raised.<\/p>\n<p>See, that\u2019s <em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u2019s sly way of slamming conservatives for calling in check an all-too-powerful federal government back in November. But in its efforts to paint those of us who ascribe to small government principles as elitists, the magazine uncovered itself as such.<\/p>\n<p>And like <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/253465\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Instapundit<\/a> also noted, \u201cOur credentialed-but-not-educated elites have crashed the plane plenty of times. They always walk away unscathed afterward. The folks back in Economy Class, not so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s these smug liberals who are the ones clinging to bitterness because the folks in Economy Class have spoken. At the same time, it\u2019s this liberal elitist attitude that gave rise to their own nemesis in Donald Trump, as the Federalist co-founder Sean Davis said:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/815931345897684992<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click CONTINUE for some other great reactions to this ridiculous cartoon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/11dzir6cve\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/11dzir6cve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Steinberg (@HaMeturgeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaMeturgeman\/status\/815950774983335940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vjeannek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@vjeannek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@seanmdav<\/a> Famous New Yorker Cover \" A New Yorkers View of the World\" <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IWTRyXSjht\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IWTRyXSjht<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa (@politeracy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politeracy\/status\/816052142062637057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is exactly how the Blue States view flyover country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2673,"featured_media":1777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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