For decades conservatives have tried to paint the left as wine-sipping elitists out of touch with the common man (and yes, I mean man). I look at the present-day manifestation of that familiar trope and attempt to trace its Nixonian provenance. 
More:
<ul>
 <li><a target="_blank" href="https://nyti.ms/2XWCrMx ">Tom Cotton's crackpot op-ed</a> in the NY Times; </li>
 <li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/252">Insurrection Act of 1807</a></li>
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For decades conservatives have tried to paint the left as wine-sipping elitists out of touch with the common man (and yes, I mean man). I look at the present-day manifestation of that familiar trope and attempt to trace its Nixonian provenance. More: Tom Cotton's crackpot op-ed in the NY Times; Insurrection Act of 1807

For decades conservatives have tried to paint the left as wine-sipping elitists out of touch with the common man (and yes, I mean man). I look at the present-day manifestation of that familiar trope and attempt to trace its Nixonian provenance.&nbsp;
More:
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://nyti.ms/2XWCrMx " rel="noopener noreferrer">Tom Cotton's crackpot op-ed</a> in the NY Times;&nbsp;</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/252" rel="noopener noreferrer">Insurrection Act of 1807</a></li>
</ul>

Episode 14: Elite theory

Political issues considered from a non-violent leftist perspective by some guy named Joe.

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Episode 14: Elite theory

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