As Isenberg’s White Trash notes, the desire to feel superior to somebody is a powerful human drive, and it has often been aimed at poor and working-class whites. -Glenn Harlan Reynolds Go To Site

The left derives its sense of moral authority from the supposition that its intentions are altruistic and its opponents' are selfish. That sense of moral superiority makes it easy to justify immoral behavior, like slandering critics of President Obama as racist--or using the power of the Internal Revenue Service to suppress them. -James Taranto Go To Site

Liberal Lectures Pro Trump Stranger

Gets Kicked Off Of Plane

“There was no discussion or escalation. It was her coming out of the gate swinging at me with insults,” he said.

“She said, Shame on you and all of the cockroaches that supported him,’” Scott recounted. “She called me fat and she said, f*** you.

About three minutes into the verbal assault, Scott pressed the record button on his cell phone. What he filmed has since gone viral.

“You pretend you have the moral high ground but you put that man’s finger on the nuclear button,” she said. “That man doesn’t believe in climate change. Do you believe in gravity? Did you know gravity is just a theory?”

Exasperated flight attendants tried to calm the hysterical woman – but she would not comply with their demands...

“I’m going to throw up right in your lap. You make me sick. Don’t talk to me. Don’t look at me. Don’t you dare even put your arm on that rest. You disgust me,” she reportedly told the bewildered Trump supporter.

Police were eventually summoned to remove the foul-mouthed woman from the jetliner as other passengers cheered and chanted, “USA, USA.”

Political Correctness and Moral Superiority...

The imposition of P.C. has no logical end because feeling better about one’s self by confessing other people’s sins, humiliating and hurting them, is an addictive pleasure the appetite for which grows with each satisfaction.

The more fault I find in thee, the holier (or, at least, the trendier) I am than thou. The worse you are, the better I am and the more power I should have over you.

"Conservatives my age tend to be far more willing to engage in those conversations than liberals, the worst of [whom] enter any conversation with the delusional notion that their worldview is undeniably superior, and absolutely the ideal moral paradigm."