How To Be Smug About Not Being Smug

Conor Lynch at Salon: We're obviously still way better'n them, but we need to stop being smug about it... or at least appearing smug, so choke it down and fake it, class warriors.

The smug style in American liberalism: It’s not helping, folks — but there’s a better way
Maybe it's human nature to gloat while Trump's voters lose their health care — but it's not the path to victory

We should at least pretend that they are not Deplorable. You know, hold our noses long enough to get their votes. They'll finally figure out that we know what's best for them, and they'll vote and shut up.

Read it as far as you can get without retching...