You might be a liberal...
Good list from
Dog Snot Diaries:
bq. As a public service, and with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, here are the early warning signs that reveal if you, or someone you care about, just might be a liberal.
* You think that protestors outside nuclear power plants are dedicated activists, but protestors outside abortion clinics are dangerous zealots interfering with a legal activity.
* You believe that more federal regulations will make your life better.
* You think that Rush Limbaugh’s listeners are mindless “dittoheads,” but you have never doubted anything that you heard from Michael Moore.
* You believe that the network news is a better indicator of what “real” news is than talk radio, Internet news sites, and blogs.
* You believe that Mikhail Gorbachev deserves more credit for losing the Cold War than Ronald Reagan deserves for winning it.
* You pride yourself on your global awareness, global sensitivity and global outlook, but can’t name your state legislator or school board representative.
* You are dedicated to helping the poor, the downtrodden and the less fortunate, but you have never given blood.
* You believe that rich people should not be allowed to contribute so much money to candidates for office (except for George Soros).
* You believe that government should make a special effort to hire members of traditionally oppressed groups, such as African-Americans (except for Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice).
* You feel a deep sense of common cause with oppressed groups, such as Hispanic immigrants (except for Cuban Americans fleeing Castro).
* You believe that a mother’s wishes for her child, especially a mother’s last, dying wish for her child, should outweigh the wishes of a father who had long before deserted his family (unless the child is named Elian Gonzalez).
* You have no problem with Hollywood movie starts flying around in private jets to give speeches on the evils of SUVs.
* You think that raising taxes will reduce the budget deficit.
* You are more concerned, more often, with the rights of convicted felons than you are with the rights of small business owners.
* You uphold a woman’s right to choose, unless a woman chooses adoption, chooses to be a stay-at-home mom, chooses to homeschool, or chooses to start a business.
* You are more concerned with Vice President Cheney’s links to Halliburton than with Saddam Hussein’s links to international terrorism.
Many more at the site.
My problem is that I
know some of these people...
Posted by DaveH at January 5, 2005 11:45 PM