{"id":629324,"date":"2021-08-10T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=629324"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:22:03","slug":"opinion-we-must-reject-the-covid-classism-of-the-sophisticated-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-we-must-reject-the-covid-classism-of-the-sophisticated-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: We Must Reject The COVID Classism Of The \u2018Sophisticated\u2019 Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-we-must-reject-the-covid-classism-of-the-sophisticated-crowd%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=629324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-488089013-e1628532024379.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>COVID-19 has ushered in a host of now-recognizable symptoms. Runny nose, sore throat, fever. But there\u2019s a societal symptom of the virus that has been burning through American culture with no signs of slowing down: COVID classism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The notion of classism used to be more applicable elsewhere in the world, while American \u201csocietal status\u201d remained reasonably fluid. Now, however, COVID-19 appears to have cemented modern classism into place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you need to know what \u201cclass\u201d you fall into under this new system, the test is very simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Are you expected to simultaneously set the rules while actively ignoring them? You are in the upper COVID class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Are you expected to help promote the upper class\u2019 rules while defending those in the upper class who ignore them? You are in the COVID middle class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Are you not included in the upper or middle class? You are in the COVID lower class.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Now, the idea of a societal \u201cupper crust\u201d who both set and ignore rules is hardly new. And the idea of a \u201clower crust\u201d that are viewed as human fodder is far from new.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What <\/span><i><span>is<\/span><\/i><span> new is both the embrace of overt classism in the United States <\/span><i><span>and<\/span><\/i><span> the formation of a willing middle class whose sole existence is to facilitate this moral and intellectual travesty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those in the upper class are the easiest to identify. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Gavin Newsom are obvious examples \u2014 requiring those \u201cbeneath\u201d them to follow their arbitrary and definitionally unscientific \u201crules\u201d while openly disregarding them with an almost impressive gall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those in the middle class are the metaphorical flies circling the metaphorical trash can that is the COVID upper class. Their dream is to one day join their \u201celite betters,\u201d an objective they hope to achieve by doing the upper class\u2019 dirty work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No better example exists than Jim Acosta and Barack Obama\u2019s birthday party. Acosta, a delighted COVID middle-classer, didn\u2019t even blink at the dismissal of accusations of hypocrisy based on the view that Obama\u2019s maskless birthday party was a \u201csophisticated, vaccinated crowd.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5384615384615\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;a sophisticated, vaccinated crowd&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzh3glcQTQ\">pic.twitter.com\/qzh3glcQTQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebHowe\/status\/1424159871319134215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Last, and least, there\u2019s the rest of us. The COVID \u201clower class.\u201d The collective scapegoat for the upper class and their middle-class minions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We are known by a wide number of phrases, often crafted to suit the specific style of deflection required. \u201cUnvaccinated,\u201d \u201cangry white conservatives,\u201d or \u201cbasket of deplorables,\u201d for example. While the names may change, the broader context does not. The COVID upper class believes they are better than us, and that their newfound COVID-related status alone allows an entirely different form of expected behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Time for us to say: no.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span> @ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has ushered in a host of now-recognizable symptoms. Runny nose, sore throat, fever. 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