My issue with Colin is that everytime he speaks about "liberals" it feels like he's subtweeting some preppy, middle-class, San Fran, Tumblr activist, which leads to these smug and combative comments. It shows that whether he realises it or not, he's trapped in a bubble too.
He's made alot of points others have all year (lefties in the UK, mainly; largely ignored in the US outside of
The Atlantic,
Arlie Hochschild, etc), but while stating that there's a lack of empathy shown for poor-whites, he's straight up ignored the objective fact that there's also a lack of empathy shown by poor-whites for minorities when they vote this way, in-spite of the hate spewed by someone
he himself has called a "bigot". It's a very one-sided take and makes his condescension much worse than he probably intends, all because he's so intent on making a point to "preppy San Fran liberal" rather than acknowledging "scared Oakland minority".
FWIW, I'm a former-Beyond listener who moved onto PS-xoxo.
