I think that's an unfair characterisation, I doubt most people making the statement are arguing that people are stupid, but more often that they have been lied to/duped by people seeking to use their support for policies they might otherwise disagree with or vice versa. E.g. people who rail against Obamacare in one sentence and praise the affordable care act in the next are not inherently stupid, they have more likely just been repeatedly lied to/misled
This is one of the most obnoxious terms I see in contemporary political dialogue.
It's presumptuous, it's elitist, it's a thinly veiled way to say 'these people are too stupid to know what's good for them'.
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