According to Crikey’s video below – ‘Are we too mean to One Nation supporters?’ – surveys find that supporters of One Nation are more likely to be old, ignorant, rural, and poorly educated. In reply, I made the comment below:

The findings of the surveys are not the problem. It’s their interpretation by the likes of the people who inhabit such instruments as Crikey News and Guardian Australia, both of whom I characterise as dumb-left, people who mindlessly accept the unexamined leftist ideology they have had spoon-fed to them at school, university and in such organisations as the ABC and SBS.

The arrogance, snootiness, and condescension with which people like Bernard Keane regard the ‘uneducated’ was once irritating. Now it’s laughable to many of us. That’s why many supporters of One Nation are not afraid to give their support publicly. A farmer without a high school education who runs a successful farming operation is likely to have a shrewder political judgment than the university-educated brats who roam around the city centre holding up banners and shouting their silly political slogans. NB. I read Grace Tame’s review of Tony Abbot’s book on Australia. I’m embarrassed for Crikey News. I have a master’s degree in philosophy. For the time being, One Nation will get my vote in state and federal elections.