LOS ANGELES – Actor Matt Damon should familiarize himself with the wise old adage, “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and allow people to presume you’re an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt.”

In a recent interview with the Guardian, Damon proved to the world that he’s not only an idiot, he’s a hypocrite, as well.

As Breitbart.com points out, Damon has long supported public schools through personal appearances at rallies and other advocacy efforts. At a Washington D.C. “Save our Schools” rally in 2011, Damon told teachers “our appreciation for what you do is so deeply felt.  

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“We love you, we thank you, and we’ll always have your back,” Damon said after fondly recalling his life-changing experiences in public schools.

But apparently Damon isn’t showing his love for public school teachers in Los Angeles, where he recently enrolled his daughters in private schools. His reason for the hypocrisy?

Public schools aren’t progressive enough.

“Sending our kids in my family to private schools was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion. But it was a circular conversation, really, because ultimately we don’t have a choice. I mean, I pay for private education and I’m trying to get the one that most matches the public education I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system,” Damon told the Guardian. “It’s unfair.”

We sympathize with Damon.

He’s among millions of parents across the country who can’t find the type of education they’d prefer for their children in the public school system. In many cities like Los Angeles, it’s because the level of instruction and general atmosphere are so horrible that the odds of learning are greatly diminished.

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The major difference between Damon and the majority of public school parents, however, is that Damon is a multi-millionaire who can afford to send his children to any school he wants. Because of his financial privilege, he has universal school choice.

We wonder if he supports the same right for parents who can’t afford private school tuition.  Apparently not, based on his many appearances and statements on behalf of teachers unions that oppose school choice.

What’s even more ironic is that Damon is currently filming the big-budget sci-fi movie “Elysium,” which depicts a futuristic Los Angeles in which the uber-rich alienate themselves from the poor masses on the space station Elysium.

“LA’s desperate and dying will pay anything for a place on a craft bound for Elysium, only to be shot down by military rulers who consider their privilege a right, and self-preservation a moral absolute,” according to the Guardian.

The wealthy separating themselves (and their children) from the poor masses?

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it, Mr. Damon?