You know, a few hundred years ago "just plain folks" surprised you by how self-educated they could be, farmers reciting Shakespeare and the like. Now the badge of honor is how little you know in any "formal learning" sense, education being elitist after all, and instead how much you buy into American myths that are based on a culture that hasn't existed for a very, very long time. You win votes not with good ideas but by dancing well. Or even not so well, as long as your supporters flock to the polls.
Personally, I think a lot of this heat is generated by white people who see that they are becoming a minority in America and don't like it. A black president was the last straw for them. Racism is alive and well.
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