When David Brooks, token-center-right-teacup-poodle of the New York Times, attempted to write a sob-sister opinion piece on the horror of class divide, he ventured into unwitting irony with an anecdote about fear-inducing gourmet sandwiches and a high school grad.

The ensuing mockery was epic.

However, professional Feminist and Leftwing scold, Jill Filipovic, couldn’t resist an opportunity to engage in her usual brand of straining at imaginary right-wing gnats but ignoring the donkeys in her cup by blaming all the sins Brooks sobbed over on Brooks and, natch, the GOP.

But where Brooks (and many of the other commentators on the much-discussed class divide) gets it wrong is in blaming liberals and progressive coastal culture (sopressata sandwiches, fuel-efficient cars) instead of the cultural resentments and impediments (lack of well-funded public schools, zero paid parental leave) built and bred by the GOP. It’s not Italian cured meats keeping the wealthy and privileged in their gilded position. It’s policy.

The 2016 election brought with it a series of disturbing and frightening consequences. One of the sadder ones: Education is now a partisan issue.

What policy, Jill? Be specific. Inquiring minds would like to know how the fact that the US spends an average of $11K a year on student spending (a tie for 1st place with Switzerland) and that there has never been “paid parental leave” why it would be the radical Leftwing’s march through education since the mid-1960’s has had no effect on education, but a six-month old administration has?