Tom here clearly has his own resentments about higher education learning, but is he as bad as Rufo? No, because his education in higher concepts and the "woke" words he's railing against here actually help him combat those reactionary impulses. Everyone should be so lucky to be inoculated the same
That's not the reason Tom stood up to Trump.
education is not a magical superpower that makes you immune to authoritarian appeals.
It does help a lot though when you know what the word means and its history. So that when it pops up in your country you're like hey I read that somewhere...
Worrrrrd. The GOP is ate up with fascists with impressive sheepskin collections.