The View’s Intellectual Arrogance: A Reality Check

Posted on by Dennis Robbins

Literally!

When Comedians Mistake Smugness for Statistics

So Hasan Minhaj walked onto The View and declared that over 77 million Americans—roughly half the voting population—are “dumb C-average students” who need a “30-minute head start on the test.” Alyssa Farah Griffin, supposedly the “conservative” voice at the table, responded with the intellectual rigor of a laugh track. Whoopi Goldson sealed the deal by assuring us they all think Minhaj is “great.”

Great at what, exactly? Stand-up sociology? Peer-reviewed punditry?

Let’s investigate this stellar claim with the kind of scrutiny The View apparently reserves for their green room snack selection.

The “Dumb Voter” Hypothesis: A Scientific Masterpiece

Minhaj’s thesis operates on a fascinating premise: that intelligence correlates perfectly with voting patterns, and that his preferred voting pattern represents the smart choice. This is the kind of circular reasoning that would earn you a C-minus in an actual logic course—but we’ll generously assume Minhaj got at least a B.

Here’s what this “analysis” conveniently ignores:

The actual demographics prove inconvenient. Trump’s 2024 coalition included:

  • Significant gains among Hispanic voters, including working-class communities
  • Increases among Black men, particularly younger voters
  • Strong support from small business owners and entrepreneurs
  • Solid backing from skilled tradespeople—you know, the people who can actually build things

But sure, the electrician who wired your studio is clearly intellectually inferior to someone who reads teleprompter jokes for a living.

The Credential Con

Let’s address the elephant in the room: the assumption that educational credentials equal intelligence, wisdom, or correctness.

This is the same thinking that gave us:

  • PhDs who assured us inflation was “transitory”
  • Ivy League economists who missed the 2008 financial crisis
  • Credentialed experts who promised lockdowns would be “two weeks”
  • The smartest people in every room who said Biden was “sharp as a tack”

Meanwhile, the supposedly “dumb” voters somehow figured out that grocery prices had doubled and that their paychecks weren’t stretching as far. They didn’t need a degree from Harvard to read their own bank statements—a skill that apparently eludes some very educated people.

Alyssa’s Awkward Silence: The Sound of Controlled Opposition

Special recognition goes to Alyssa Farah Griffin, whose job description apparently involves nodding along while her audience gets insulted. This is “conservative” representation in the same way a screen door represents home security.

When half the country gets called stupid to your face and your response is nervous laughter, you’re not providing balance—you’re providing cover. She’s the Washington Generals of political commentary, perpetually hired to lose gracefully.

The View’s View: From a Very High Horse

What’s remarkable is the utter lack of self-awareness. The View has been wrong about:

  • The 2016 election results
  • The Russia collusion narrative’s strength
  • Hunter Biden’s laptop authenticity
  • Joe Biden’s mental acuity
  • The 2024 election results

But they’re certain about everyone else’s stupidity.

This is the same panel that has hosted some truly spectacular moments of intellectual achievement, including claims that the Earth might be flat (though quickly walked back) and confusion about basic civics. Yet somehow, they’ve appointed themselves the arbiters of American intelligence.

The Real Test

Here’s a thought experiment: Who’s actually demonstrating better judgment?

Option A: The voters who looked at inflation, crime rates, border chaos, and international instability and voted for change.

Option B: The television personalities who earn millions while insisting that voters who can’t afford groceries are just too stupid to understand how great everything is.

The voter isn’t asking for a 30-minute head start. The voter is asking why the “smart people” need four years and still can’t fix anything.

The Arrogance of Ignorance

What Minhaj and The View crew actually revealed isn’t the stupidity of Trump voters—it’s their own stunning intellectual arrogance. They’ve confused credentialism with wisdom, urban zip codes with intelligence, and agreement with correctness.

They live in a bubble so hermetically sealed that they can call half the country morons on national television and receive applause instead of pushback. They mistake the echo for insight.

The truly intelligent response would be: “77 million Americans disagreed with us. Maybe we should understand why rather than insult them.” But that would require the kind of intellectual humility that doesn’t play well in their audience.

The Ultimate Irony

The cruelest irony? The “C-average students” they’re mocking include:

  • The nurses who kept hospitals running during COVID
  • The truckers who kept supply chains moving
  • The farmers who produce their food
  • The manufacturers who make their products
  • The veterans who served their country

These people don’t need a head start on the test. They’re too busy living in the real world to show up for The View’s theoretical exam.

Meanwhile, the self-appointed intellectual elite will continue to wonder why nobody takes them seriously while they broadcast their contempt for half the nation—and call it comedy.

Perhaps the real “C-average students” are the ones who keep failing to learn the same lesson every four years: insulting voters doesn’t win elections. But that might require a level of self-reflection that no amount of head start can provide.

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