Another drive-by post
Following 
mecurtin's lead and reposting a comment I made on a blog - that of Matthew Yglesias. Great blog, but like most liberal blogs, full of asinine comments. Like this one, by me!
I think it's easy for well-off, urban, educated people to belittle the interests of the kind of people who rely on broadcast TV in receiving it. I'm not saying that's what you're doing, though I do see it in the comments. But I think we should ask "for whom?" instead of just focusing on "Goods" when we examine questions like this.
Yes, I am more interested in loading Think Progress quickly on wireless than in watching snowy Golden Girls reruns, but I can imagine that if my life circumstances were different I might feel differently. In general, class snobbery among liberals is not only offensive but a huge trap, as the politics of the last 30 years have helped show. We advocate for policies that support the needs of the less-well-off - there's no need to be snotty about their tastes, difficulties, or desires on the side.
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mecurtin's lead and reposting a comment I made on a blog - that of Matthew Yglesias. Great blog, but like most liberal blogs, full of asinine comments. Like this one, by me!
I think it's easy for well-off, urban, educated people to belittle the interests of the kind of people who rely on broadcast TV in receiving it. I'm not saying that's what you're doing, though I do see it in the comments. But I think we should ask "for whom?" instead of just focusing on "Goods" when we examine questions like this.
Yes, I am more interested in loading Think Progress quickly on wireless than in watching snowy Golden Girls reruns, but I can imagine that if my life circumstances were different I might feel differently. In general, class snobbery among liberals is not only offensive but a huge trap, as the politics of the last 30 years have helped show. We advocate for policies that support the needs of the less-well-off - there's no need to be snotty about their tastes, difficulties, or desires on the side.
This entry was originally posted at http://idlerat.dreamwidth.org/225838.html. Please comment there using OpenID.