You'd understand this if you weren't too stupid

For a long time, I (along with many many others) have pointed out the fact that lefties think that only they have the superior intellect to "rule" over the masses, and that the masses are so stupid as to need saving from themselves. This is a huge reason why it's almost impossible to debate a leftie - disagree with them and they will snidely dismiss you as not being able to comprehend the big picture.

This is a fascinating read by James Taranto on oikophobia. In it, he goes to great lengths to illustrate that liberals believe that majority of Americans are too stupid to understand higher ideals, and thus must be ruled over by the cultural elite.

This train of thought explains the seething hatred of anything Palin, the disdain for Tea Partiers, the complete dismissal of any objections to Obamacare, the Ground Zero Victory Mosque, class warfare, or any of a number of leftie ideals.