It's funny how often this dynamic plays out, not just in politics but in life where I notice it more and more. I suppose it's a version of the Jocks versus the Nerds, or bullies versus losers, though in different contexts the Jocks might be more Nerdlike and vice versa.
The Very Serious People always act like the smelly hippies are ruining their good time, what with all the patchouli and the crazytalk and the silly irrationality, though the VSPs generally have all the power and don't have much to fear from the hippies. Still everybody likes to punch a hippie, to slushy a nerd. Why not?
