NYT Columnist Asks 'What if We’re the
Bad Guys Here?' The Answer: Yes, You Are.

The many "progressive" elitists at the New York Times need to held accountable for their countless acts of treason against the U.S. Constitution. A large amount of collective pukes.

Let me see 1. Silencing dissent (see Biden and facistbook and twitter) 2. Inflation eating savings 3. Gas at 10 year highs 4. Spending billions on Ukraine while we should be building our armed forces and Infatructure. 5. The Afganistan debacle that cost lives. 6. Biden is a liar. 7. Biden is a crook. 8. Biden is a pervert. 9. Constantly saying you're going to save 'democracy' while doing everything to undermine our freedom. 10. Defund the police 11. The 1/6 sham and the indictments of Trump 12. I'm sure I have forgotten something.

This may be the most absolutely amazing thing that I have read in years. Mr. Brooks is astonishingly forthright and honest with himself, and even more shockingly....willing to publish this in public. And the author is right about some of us not being quite as ignorant and unwashed as the brilliant "elites" imagine. I have a couple of engineering degrees, have traveled extensively around the world, and lived in Europe, travel there often. We spend a great deal of time in cathedrals, art museums, and studying ancient Roman ruins. I've read Plato, and Homer, and studied Greek philosophy, and greatly enjoy the sculptures of Michaelangelo, and the paintings of Monet, and other great painters. And I have friends who are police officers, truck drivers, auto and truck mechanics, assembly line workers, steel workers, medical doctors, VP of technology for a major phone company. I have many friends with PhDs, have a Master's Degree myself, and lots of friends with no college at all, several who never finished HS. There are lots of us who straddle both of the worlds that you, Mr. Brooks, and your obnoxious, arrogant friends will NOT straddle, but just look down upon people you think are 'beneath you'. And I don't look up to the elites, or down on the average blue collar worker. I just see Americans. If they are a truck driver and a fool, or a college professor and a fool....I just see a person who is a fool, and I've seen those personalities in both places. And I know multiple very good people in both of those jobs, too. So....Mr. Brooks...you and your elite friends ARE the bad guys, you got that right. I salute you for discovering the truth. Perhaps you will now be smart enough to realize that you are siding with a cabal of criminals who are running Washington DC and are terrified that their criminal activities will be stopped by Trump. OTOH, we, out here in "fly over country", are praying that Trump gets elected and cleans out the criminals in DC.

Great post, s/b Must Read!

It would be a remarkable turn of events if Mr. Brooks' insight would "go viral" throughout the elite class. There was once a time when Americanism had no class boundaries; when honor, truth and integrity were the coin in every man and woman's pocket whether gold and silver resided there as well. Today we have elites placating themselves with platitudes about caring, solidarity, and "walking with" whatever cause-of-the-day "Good Morning America" presents to them. They put on their appropriately colored ribbon, attend a rally in the park, make a donation and go home glowing with the self-righteousness of knowing they are good people. Conversely, those that do not support the correct causes are suspected "others", and definitely not good people. Their world has been carefully crafted into a simplistic formula of good and bad policies, good and bad thinking, good and bad people. Mr. Brooks' article is quite a breakthrough. I hope it has a positive response and others of his peers begin the journey of self-reflection about the state of our society and our country. We need all Americans to robustly reject the socialist/communist takeover of these United States of America. Save America! MAGA - TRUMP 2024

Brooks the ultimate phony running for cover?

For years now, after having worked on Capitol Hill and seen first-hand the evil in both political parties, I’ve asked our Good Lord, ‘Why are You letting all this evil happen to Your Beloved America’? He has assured me that the reason is for more of America and the World to see all this evil continue… but also to never fear [Covid didn’t scare me, thankfully, even when I had it probably from singing at church over Christmas 2019, just slept for 14 hours, then was fine]. I know He is still Sovereign, and the reason is to bring more people out of our self-sufficient attitudes and mindsets, to Himself. Continue in prayer, Dear Friends, for righteousness to return to America. TBIYTC

Per 2...Yes! 13: Invite anyone who can walk to cross our border illegally, take up residence, begin to suck up taxpayer funded benefits, commit crimes, degrade our culture, destroy our heritage and laugh at any that would object.

it's just commie verbiage and nothing else

Did Mr. Brooks fail to put the words, never mind, at the end of his article? If so, he definitely forgot that. These arrogant elites will never acknowledge that the rubes out here in flyover country are anything but an annoying underclass utterly beneath them. They see no value in hard working Americans. This is why President Trump is so popular. He understand what it takes to make this country work and does not look down his nose on people and sees the value they bring to the table. Our very existence is an affront to the elites. We are moving toward a Hunger Games reality if they have their way.

The whole campaign of Twixxes (The NEW Musk Oil) from “Joe,” The Demoncrats, Kamila, The White Basement, and other assorted flame-o’s pushing “Bidenomics” is as surreal as it gets. All you need to know about this mess is the downgrade by “Fitch” of the US Credit rating, and how they “blame” it on President Trump and 1/6/21. It really is sickening. Oh, and how many people are employed in the Social Media Office? Eleventy-two?

Communication. The "elites" speak and write WFBuckleyesque impressing one another with their vocabulary which common Americans do not understand and mis-interpret. Many Americans struggle to learn simple English. Why say feckless when ineffective or irresponsible is meant and will be understood. Remember gravitas? Like the Tower of Babel, if we cannot communicate effectively we cannot be e pluribus unum.

Corrupt Sleepy Joe is probably 30 points behind Trump. Showing him tied is a fraudulent act.

In a recent conversation with a nonagenarian, they asked me why, when they were watching “that man” (#45) talk about direction for this country he said every thing she was thinking. I said it was because she listened without the CNN filter again reminding her that tv news is no longer a source of truth.

People like David Brooks are nowhere in my orbit. I’ve never read his articles or the NYT, and I am very well informed without them. I don’t care what they think. What Brooks can’t comprehend is that no one cares what they think outside their own delusional circle. They refer to themselves as ‘elite’. In reality they are liberal sheep who have no idea how America works.

#3 Is right on. Brooks is astonishingly forthright and honest with himself. Interesting, but pathetic, considering the extent of damage Obiden, Soros, the Fake media, and their Marxist "voters" have intentionally done and continue doing to America. MAGA

So what are you going to do about it Mr. Brooks? Start tipping the wait staff a little more or maybe use the occasional swear word? You're probably too far gone to get that crease out of your designer blue jeans. You and your fellow snobs chose to set yourselves apart from the rest of us average Americans - you did that on purpose. In fact, you all think of yourselves more as citizens of the world so pack your bags and leave. We will mange just fine on our own.

After graduating college back in 1985 I was fortunate enough to get a plumb apartment just outside Harvard Square in Cambridge Massachusetts. However, in order to move in I had to agree to be the building superintendent. I had to cut the lawn, shovel snow, answer service calls, etc. As the 'super', I had day-to-day interaction with a large group of Harvard-connected "elites"— professors, grad students, authors..the whole gamut. Ever since those days, I've never met a more clueless group of people who, if you asked them, couldn't identify the business end of a hammer. Their decision-making skills were stunning...not in a good way. They were great conversationalists, art, music, and book lovers but, in the real world outside academia, they were children. Like professional athletes, a-list celebrities, and ivy leaguers, the elites among us all suffer from the same affliction...a toxic combination of narcism and a lack of common sense. God save us from our betters.

Excellent article. Mr. Brown speaks very succinctly about who they are and who we are. In my more generous moments, I pray for those in darkness to be able to find the light, and that includes me. I have to believe there are still good people out there on the left, and that as their ideology sinks lower into the abyss, those people will reassess.

Brooks, it's because your rag IS the bad guy, among others. By the way, I assume you are polishing up that resume in anticipation of your expected termination for bad-mouthing the slimes?

Obama has worked his tyranny on our country....his attempts to cause a civil war between our citizens isn't working....the big bad conservatives didn't take up arms ...my black friends have had enough and based on the hispanic polls for President Trump ...he's losing their vote also....his only game plan was to get President Trump into jail and his little jack the enforcer is failing miserably...WE are still standing with President Trump and now that he can't shut down the country with the china virus this time...he's getting desperate....and the best part is....he can't get rid of his puppet biden because biden has to much info on him...kinda justice...eh?

FTA" "And yet, without this despised class, life in America would be impossible." The despised class Brown is referring to is the middle class. Go back and look at history for the last 2000 years. Any society/culture/country/empire, etc. that screwed with their middle class screwed themselves.

I get all the elitist David's confused, but they have all been up in our grill for thirty years David Brooks, David French, David Frum, and the loathsome David Brock. They got their societal and electoral victories one after another and toss us a bone here that rolls down their golden mountain.

David Brooks should go back to his people in Canada where he came from.

Oh no, the bots are becoming self-aware.

Wow. This column knocked me out. Highly recommended.

The difference between David Brooks and President Trump is that Donald Trump had a real job and worked in construction where he met and talked to the American middle class worker. That's where DJT developed his American values, not sitting behind a desk fantasying about some theoretical thoughts or psychology or whims or New Age religion. As Bongino says, these people are stupid smart.