Larry Elder - The problem isn't education — it's ideological isolation
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The coverage fixates on the suspect’s elite education as if a Caltech degree is the headline. That framing flatters our credential culture and dodges the harder question: why does political hatred keep getting permission to sound like moral clarity. The problem is not “too much education.
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Much has been made of the advanced education of the latest would-be assassin of President Donald Trump, whom the suspect described in a manifesto as a “pedophile,” “rapist” and “traitor.” He graduated from the California Institute of Technology, one of
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The coverage fixates on the suspect’s elite education as if a Caltech degree is the headline. That framing flatters our credential culture and dodges the harder question: why does political hatred keep getting permission to sound like moral clarity.
The problem is not “too much education.” It is ideological isolation married to online radicalization, where opponents become monsters and violence becomes “defense.” When a former president is casually branded a “traitor,” too many institutions treat it as edgy commentary instead of a warning flare.
A conservative lens starts with public trust, rule of law, and basic moral boundaries. Political rhetoric is not harmless when it trains people to see fellow citizens as subhuman. Media and campus gatekeepers have influence, and with it comes responsibility.
The principle at stake is simple: a stable republic requires disagreement without dehumanization, and security without excuses.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.