One last kick at liberal dogs—just to hear them bark

[dweller]

By Joe Bageant
Online Journal Contributing Writer
"Why do you rope-belted redneck mouthbreathers assume
that if a liberal drinks a glass of wine they are going to attack
people like you? You know, it is just possible that someone
can eat a piece of cheese for some other reason than hating
rednecks."—Posted on Smirking Chimp website by Wile E
Chimp Supergenius

May 31, 2005—Many American liberals believe working class conservatives
see them as the enemy—that they stereotype liberals as a bunch of
over-educated quasi-queers sucking down cappuccinos at Starbucks or
spreading brie at a self-help book signing . . . or something like that. We can
thank television for such ignorance.

Yet it is no small liberal hubris that assumes working class conservative
voters are as obsessed with liberals as liberals are with themselves. Not to
pop progressive bubbles, but the working class people I know seldom ever
think about liberals. Or conservatives. Hell, they seldom even think about
politics. True, most people born working class experience some class
resentment when they see the college educated middle class liberals on
television. But that is about all.

Liberals are understandably touchy these days. Having recently had their
noses broken in a rigged election by the Bushista Brownshirts, well, that
would make anyone hysterical and paranoid. Or depressed. But it helps to
remember this: It is not the blue collars, but the business and professional
class neoconservatives who do all the damned yapping about evil liberal
values.

Put your political ear to the ground and you will notice that the noise is
coming from the religious nutjobs and the neocon professional and
semi-professional classes. Urban liberals never believe me, but I'm gonna
say again it anyway: Ordinary working class people do not care about
abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, or any of the other happy
horseshit the pundits sling around (except gun control.) They really don't. If
you ask them about it they will reflexively puke up what they heard on talk
radio. But they truly don't care because they are too busy making a living
and trying to have a little fun along the way. Not to mention evading the
same unpleasant truths as liberals, such as peak oil, or the fact that all
Americans are part of the world's worst problems because we consume way
too much of everything (The only difference is that working class
conservatives express their denial by calling global warming eco-freak
horseshit, and liberals pretend that buying a hybrid car is going to make a
difference. Ever see how batteries are made? Ever hear of cadmium?)


rather long, and i'm still in the midst of reading it, laughing and cursing alternately...have a go at it yourself...

dp

[blindpig]

1. great read

Could not find one damn thing that I disagreed with.

Nominated.

[dweller]

2. damn, i'm glad

i'm starting to think i am all by myself sometimes... :crazy:

there are some truths there that we should be acknowledging: one that the majority of the working class, and perhaps the whole country will listen to Liberal ideas, and vote for them if they are given the chance to learn...first with a decent education, and then to hear from outspoken Liberal leaders that support those values and speak out about them.


dp

edit to add: Teddy K with a sawed-off ! that was a great example :D

[xchrom]

3. very funny!

but there's no way in today's climate that i think liberals can undo the brainwashing the masses have undergone and leftists will suddenly find fast friends in the working class.

the irony is that liberals, progressives, leftist of just about any stripe are better friends to mr and mrs joe six pak than the people they ally themselves with.

that being said -- the liberal crew MUST more aggressively put it's point of view out there -- unabashed and unappologetic.
that alone will gain a lot of respect from those who have been diaffected from the ''liberal elite''.{there never was such a thing}

[dweller]

4. .

:kick: