Steve Rogers and you both seem to ignore the possibility that the resentment of, or disagreement with, "the elite", might be about their opinions, rather than a resentment of their status, or more general negative thoughts about education.
Status never occurred to me. I was thinking more culture and values. The "elite" have no status unless non-elites look up to them. That does not appear to be the case. I didn't read "resentment" but rather disparagement, but your read on that might be better than mine.
But what's your take on the 2nd?
I don't seem to be able to locate the one, two, and three in question so I can't address your query.
The very uneducated and the very educated both tend to be more liberal in their voting patterns than those that have received a moderate level of formal education.
Wasn't thinking about level of education, either. It's more a value or a mindset. Just as a part of our society seems to glorify victim status, there's a part of our society that seems to glorify anti-intellectualism. The dittohead is the personification of anti-intellectualism. And folks who think getting drunk and throwing rocks at each other outside bars is the "real America" we should all value are the same folks who think nuance is effete, bromides are wisdom, and curiosity is for cats. I call that anti-intellectual and that's the parallel I was drawing with the "acting white" phenomenon. It's rejecting personal growth because mental and experiential uplift lacks value in one's subculture.
Of course, the notion that pelting people with rocks (as well as playing victim) verges on subhuman whereas mental stretching is evolved reflects my own bias (constructiveness scale). <g>
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