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Condescension is among the worst forms of contempt, and the elites of the Democratic Party indulge in that attitude, with regard to people who work for a living, with great frequency. joe from Lowell says:
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit 2010
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Condescension is among the worst forms of contempt, and the elites of the Democratic Party indulge in that attitude, with regard to people who work for a living, with great frequency.
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit 2010
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Condescension from superiors ought at least to inspire confidence sufficient to meet their approbation in all its shapes and modifications; and, when it does not, I am apt to suspect, that it deserves no such plausible name as modesty.
Letter 75 2009
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Condescension, George W. Bush-style, is always a better idea, right?
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Condescension goes far in your line of work, as we all know.
Matthew Yglesias » Will More Insurance Competition Make Things Better? 2010
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Fred Reed says a number of unpleasant things in Remedial Condescension, but this point caught my attention:
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So Mister Minimalist Doofus has tried his hand at Condescension and failed at that too, making himself look even more ridiculous.
Urban Tools: Curatorial Commitment BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Condescension, obfuscation, narcissism — those are her watchwords, to be sure.
HCR: Pelosi tells the simple-minded American people not to worry our pretty little heads about it 2010
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Number One on my list of pet hates: Condescension.
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Fred Reed says a number of unpleasant things in Remedial Condescension, but this point caught my attention:
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