The following is a comment left by the vile leftist Tom. I rarely approve his snide, cynical, usually vile comments, but this one just had to be responded to. He left this comment in response to the article I did about the Harvard researcher that got in trouble for misconduct, I believe. Anyway, first read his comment, then my response. By the way, the comment section would not publish my long response, so I put it here.
"Wow.. you've completely lost your mind. You just went on a spittle flying tirade over Presidential vacation time?
And last I checked, it was considered a virtue to work hard, go to college.. become educated.. land that white collar professional job and exceed at it... rather than skipping university and settling for a manual job.
Are medical doctors "elitist"? Are scientists? Are engineers? Are professional people "elitist"? Are we jerks for aspiring to more than a blue collar job and actually making it happen?
But in the context of your insulting me about education - I made the comment about you.. not about anybody else.. just you.
There are a lot of people who work hard at their job. They may not be performing brain surgery, but they've done the best they could. There's nothing wrong with a blue collar job, and taking pride in doing it well.
What I was talking about was YOU insulting me about education while my achievements professionally dwarf yours. This was personal, and had nothing to do blue collar Americans. It was about you and you 172 IQ and your failure at everything, and the insignificant contribution you're making to society.
Today, across this nation's VA hospitals, surgeons are treating soldiers in operating rooms and out-patient clinics using systems and software that me and other very skilled engineers developed.
You managed not to get in an accident at work today."
Wow, Tom, your inability to grasp what is said, or to have a reasonable grasp on reality, is amazing. Let's go over this slowly so that your simple little mind can understand.
My reference to Hillsdale College obviously means that I appreciate the education system as long as it is in proper context, and not a system of spreading a political agenda. . . especially one designed to destroy America as it was designed to be. I agree that it is a virtue to work hard, go to college, land a better job as a result, and so forth. Sometimes, that is not the best path for someone, sometimes it is. I am not trying to insult education, I am insulting the so-called educated when they assume that because they are educated that somehow makes them smarter, or have more common sense, or elevate them to some superior level, or makes them capable of dictating to people around them what people can and can't do.
My brother in law is an engineer. There is a plethora of lawyers and psychologists on my father's side of the family. My father's sister Chonita, who passed away recently, actually spent time working with Carl Jung. She was extremely smart in some areas, and in others perhaps not. My brother learns by hands on, I learn in a classroom setting better than he. His ability to operate heavy machinery, or do things mechanical, or perform in the area of martial arts is better than mine, and my ability in writing an essay or speaking in public is better than his. We are all different. We learn differently, we excel differently, we find our interests in different things, therefore the path to success may vary for each individual.
I think we all make a sufficient contribution to society, if we so desire. My beef is with those that are "educated" going around trying to make sure everyone is aware of their "education," and then throws in the face of others their level of education (doing things like making snide remarks that someone is a trucker), and then dictates to others because they somehow think they are better.
I was once a loan counselor. Had I have stayed with the institution, I would no doubt be the manager of a branch opened a few years ago five minutes from my house right now. Someone I trained became an assistant manager less than six months after I left. However, I decided to leave the institution to work for a city, and sell insurance, and then eventually I made my way to construction. In construction, I was making double the amount the other person was making being a manager (they did move up as I worked my way towards construction). I was pursuing better pay. Unfortunately, for me, the construction industry tumbled when the housing collapse occurred, which is a direct result of liberal politics and liberal thinking in our economic system, and so I adjusted. I didn't hold my hand out for government. I adjusted, and for me the reasonable adjustment was getting behind the wheel of a rig.
Could I have pursued college? Should I have? I don't know. I believe I have built greater character having lived the life I have. I was a bright kid, and had literally any university in the country at my fingertips. I spent time in college for a while (and was not kicked out as you seem to think for some warped reason), and after experiencing the liberal side of it, was penalized for daring to be different than the liberal system demanded, and as my responsibilities increased in regards to taking care of my family, I set aside college.
After a severe head injury, one that should have left me a vegetable, I refused to be held down, and though I will never reach the level of intellect I enjoyed prior to that injury, I worked hard and am fairly bright again - not by genetics, but by working hard through reading, etc.
My whole point of this post, and the fact that you think you are somehow above everyone else, is proven by your final sentence. You are a typical liberal, elevating yourself above others. Without even understanding the intricacies of what I do for a living, or the complexity of the things I have done prior, you have determined that my goal in life is to not get into an accident on the highway. . . and that you are somehow so much more noble. Jeez, isn't that a little elitist? Who are you to make that determination? Would the hospitals have been built without people like me? Would the roads exist without people like me? Would the underground system of plumbing and utilities be there for you without people like me? Do you enjoy the roof over your head? The water you use? the electricity you get? The fact that when you flush your toilet your waste disappears?
Using your elitist logic I could say something like, today you made sure a few computers worked, but I was a part of making sure our entire infrastructure was maintained, expanded, and repaired. While you tapped on keys, I helped build another hospital. While you looked at a computer screen, I helped build yet another highway. While you played solitaire, or looked at porn, I was a part of building more homes, business buildings, streets, underground utilities, and much much more. Using your logic, what you do would seem pretty insignificant compared to what I do. yet, your logic dictates I should just be happy I didn't crash.
Perhaps it is a matter of perspective. I would rather be an individual that is personally responsible, and does whatever it takes to survive because of my personal pride, than have some elitist attitude like you beating yourself on the chest because you were able to pass a few exams, and write a few papers, and ultimately be really good at tapping on the keys of a keyboard as you look down your nose at anyone who doesn't have a few letters after their name because some professors decided they should.
Your kind of elitism is the most sickening of all, because you somehow believe it is okay to look down your nose at everyone, while taking advantage of the very contributions to society in your everyday life provided by the people you look down your nose at.
Your life is filled with good intentions, and no substance. That is the essence of liberalism.
People like you view your good intentions in the terms of collectivism, rather than individualism. You continuously put down the conservative idea of personal responsibility, which boggles the mind, and then desire to reward those that are not personally responsible with entitlements. You say you are helping them, but in reality you give them no incentive to use the opportunities available to them in a free society. And then those that do take on those opportunities, you think government should make it harder for them to achieve with heavier taxation, and heavier governmental regulations. Then if one succeeds, and becomes blindingly successful, and goes out a winner, you criticize that as if they became successful on the backs of the rest of the people in society.
Success in a free market creates wealth. That wealth does not make others poor. Those that are poor can be successful too, if just given the chance. You, however, would rather dictate to them what they can do, put down these people because they did not receive education from liberal institutions, tell people that are at the heart of holding society together and working to allow it to expand that their greatest accomplishment is that they didn't crash their truck, and then elevate yourself to some lofty position because you are "educated."
Being educated is a wonderful thing, and if one can better themselves in that manner, I am all for it. But not when it is being used as a tool to put others down, or to make yourself feel like you are better than everyone else.
That is why people like you disgust me.
Doug
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