Another Entry in "I Read It So You Don't Have To"

[GolightlyGrrl]

Conservative radio talk show host Mike Gallagher's book "50 Things Liberals Love to Hate"

Go at it you latte-drinking, sushi-eating, tree-hugging, gay sex-having, New York Times-reading, Prius-driving hippies!

http://blog.freejinger.org/i-read-it-so ... gallagher/

[louisa05]

I love steak. And I occasionally shop at WalMart because the alternative is a 30 mile drive (and no, not because WalMart came and all the other businesses closed; there weren't any in the first place. Only thing that has closed since WalMart opened a year ago was a gourmet cupcake shop and I doubt that is related at all, it was only open six months as it was). We sometimes choose the WalMart over using so much gas. Environment vs. big box store--we can't win with either choice.

I am, however, not fond of apple pie but I think that is because I really don't like apples cooked. Not because I am somehow "unAmerican".

I do have to say that I really don't like vegetarians, so I might be a conservative. But I only know one who is not of the morally superior preachy variety, and I like her. So it may be that I don't like morally superior preaching people no matter what they are preaching about. And there's the crux of the whole thing. Maybe liberals don't like that Coulter, Palin, Limbaugh, etc...are trying to tell us what to think and do. Maybe we don't like that John Wayne was too morally superior to take certain roles. Maybe we don't like fundagelical Christians with megaphones on the street corner or ringing our doorbells because they consider their belief system superior to ours. But I doubt that this author ever considered that that may be the problem.

[formergothardite]

But I like apple pie! And I live in the South. And I have a patio. And a pool. And I bought steaks from a small farmer to grill tonight. And my husband stopped by Walmart to pick up some things for his car. How can this be since I'm a liberal?!!!!!!!

[crazyforkate]

(Non-American) Liberal, somewhere between "G*ddamned Socialist" and "Spawn of Satan" on the scale American conservatives appear to be using...I like a good deal of this stuff, but damn if they don't have my opinion on many conservative women summed up. You're working against your own well-being, guys! It makes no sense!

[Arete]

Well, I'm Christian, live in the suburbs, and try to patronize small businesses whenever the budget allow. I do hate Walmart, he's got me there.

[debrand]

Interesting. One thing that I've noticed is that right wing conservatives have weirder views on what makes one liberal than liberals have on what makes one conservative. I try to use to modify the word conservative with the words, right wing or extremists because I recognize that some people are fiscally conservative but support a lot of more left wing causes such as same sex marriage or immigration reform. So, I see conservatives as more complex group than Gallagher views liberals or even his fellow conservatives.

I think that some people view criticism as a sign that an individual dislikes or even hates what they are criticising. This is not true. I can be critical of my country and still love it. In fact some of that criticism might be because I have hope for my nation.

I'm meh about John Wayne but my husband loves him. Patios are fine with me but porches are better. I've gone back and forth with vegetarianism but a well cooked steak can't be beat. I do hate the weird American creation of Christianity that has nothing to do with Biblical Jesus but Christianity itself doesn't bother me. Every Christmas my husband and I watch Its A Wonderful Life.

[Sydney Fox]

Liberals don't like science? That's just weird because I thought it was the conservatives that didn't trust or believe in science. What about environmental scientists? Aren't they typically liberal? Plus, aren't liberals more likely to endorse evolutionary theory than the conservatives? I don't see how liberals could be seen as anti-science.

[AuntCloud]

So liberals don't like small businesses, but also frown upon Walmart? what's left, churning my own butter?

[dairyfreelife]

I'm middle of the road in politics, but I guarantee he would consider me "liberal", but what is this:

success, steakhouses (I guess all liberals are vegetarians), patios and pools, V-8 engines, science, the suburbs, both the West and the South, bright lights, boys and girls, and algae. And yes, liberals hate apple pie.

Who hates success? And how does Mr. Gallagher define success? I'm not the biggest fan of steak, but do love bbq baby back ribs. Not a vegan or vegetarian, though I eat a lot of fruits and salads too. I like patios, but I like decks and porches better. Why don't "liberals" like patios or pools? I don't care for swimming myself, but I think it's a vital life skill to learn and I don't want a pool personally. I don't want to deal with the upkeep of one, but that's just me. I live in a cooler climate with four seasons and am moving further north soon most likely, so I don't want something that can only be used for maybe three months of the year. If I lived in southern Florida or California or something, it would probably be different.

V-8 engines? A-wha? Science? Since when do "liberals" hate science? Most "liberals" are all about real science. They just don't fall for one religion's version of make-believe science and don't want that religion in the public school system understandably. And the suburbs? Since he would consider me a "liberal", I will mention that my boyfriend and I, if we wed, will likely live in the suburbs. And the West? The South does have a history of issues with race and strong Christian religion with more struggle to adapt and change with the rest of the society, but not everyone there is like that.

Bright lights has me baffled, along with boys and girls? Though I take it that boys and girls means not believing in strict gender roles, which, yeah, I guess I am "liberal" then. Oh, and I like apple pie, so I also "conservative"? And I go to Wal-Mart because it's close and has almost everything I need, though it can be a pain to get in and out of sometimes. Wal-Mart, we hate them, but we shop there anyway. Meh. I love small businesses. My boyfriend is from NYC and there are only mom and pop stores there. No Wal-Mart and they don't want a Wal-Mart because it would wipe out the local businesses. NYC is quite "liberal" by his standards especially.

Oh, and my conservative father can't stand Glenn Beck or Ann Coulter. He also doesn't care about abortion or the pill and required his daughters to get a college education, but to think of him as a "liberal" makes me laugh, but I know some people would consider him one by their rigid standards. You are either with them or you are against them. There's no in-between with radicals on any side.

[Trynn]

I dislike apple pie, but it's not that deep; it's just because... I don't like apple pie.

[jaynie]

Did he just open a big book of nouns and pick 50 at random? And then rationalise them? Ooh, let me try!

(using a random noun generator):

1. Ants: Liberals hate ants because ants understand that they each have to work hard for the good of the community. There is no such thing as a welfare ant. You don't see ants demanding free handouts from the government, do you?

2. Battle: This is obvious. Liberals are all smelly effeminate hippies and they are frightened by the manliness of war.

3. Sweatshirts: Liberals hate sweatshirts because the word makes them think of sweatshops, and liberals have no appreciation of the glorious fact that this country was founded on the underpaid, inhumane work of (generally) non-white people.

4. Diplomas: Liberals hate diplomas because they are proof that their prized marxist-stalinist-facsist universities do not create jobs or encourage productivity. Every diploma hanging on the wall of a college grad in a minimum wage job is proof that socialism doesn't work.

5. Canada: Liberals hate Canada because Canada is proof that liberalism does not work. Just ask anyone who has had to suffer through the bureaucracy of filling in forms in triplicate in the hopes that you will get through the government's death panels in order to see the doctor they assign to you. I have it on good authority this is how health-care works in Canada - I saw it on Fox once.

6.Lemonade: Liberals hate lemonade because lemonade is a symbol of relaxing on a saturday after a hard week's work. Liberals hate hard work. Liberals can only stomach lemonade if they mix it with satan's beverage, alcohol.

7.Museums: Liberals hate museums because museums document how much better the past was as compared to our modern, godless age. Liberals especially hate the creation museum because it forces them to admit that they have no proof of evolution, which is their religion.

8.Ideas: Liberals hate ideas because they want everyone to be assimilated into the marxist-feminist gay agenda and therefore think in exactly the same way.

9.Icicles: Liberals hate Icicles because they are proof that global warming doesn't exist. If the planet is heating up, why would there still be winter?

10.Brian: Liberals hate Brian because Brian is a good, upstanding, traditional male name. The fact that there are still Brians is proof that liberals will never win over True American Culture. It burns them up that there are more Brian Smiths than there are Mohamed Darwin-Marx Smiths.

Hell, this guy was being lazy. I could write at least a hundred of these things in an afternoon.

[Trynn]

I want to play too! *finds random noun generator*

Attack: Liberals hate attacks because attacks remind them of all the wars they have to fight: the war on Christmas, the war on Christians, the war on Easter, etc. Thinking about all this gives them a migraine, so they try not to think about it in the off seasons.

Hip: Liberals do not like hips because hips remind liberals that females with wide hips are designed for childbirth and should therefore get out of the office and go back home to pop out as many as possibly before menopause.

Mosque: Mosques are bad because they remind liberals that other religions are more serious about their faith than the liberal christians are about theirs.

Shingle: Liberals hate shingles because it supports the anti vaccination science. After all, if you've had chicken pox, you can't get shingles ;)

This is so much fun... I could do this all night.

[doggie]

Liberals don't like science? That's just weird because I thought it was the conservatives that didn't trust or believe in science. What about environmental scientists? Aren't they typically liberal? Plus, aren't liberals more likely to endorse evolutionary theory than the conservatives? I don't see how liberals could be seen as anti-science.

Well liberals don't like the version of science conservatives use. like bible science and pull it out of your butt science.

[Sydney Fox]

Well liberals don't like the version of science conservatives use. like bible science and pull it out of your butt science.

Yes, I was thinking that pseudo-science, like tinfoil hats and black tar salve, were the conservative version.

[RachelB]

So liberals don't like small businesses, but also frown upon Walmart? what's left, churning my own butter?

Or forming a food-buying co-op, running regular swap meets, and starting up a local bartering economy, I guess. Though I have to think that conservatives who wanted to avoid paying sales tax would kind of dig that, too.

[RachelB]

I dislike apple pie, but it's not that deep; it's just because... I don't like apple pie.

Yup. I don't enjoy the texture of cooked apples, unless they're sauced. But seriously, why is it a problem for someone not to like apple pie, or steak? Then there's more remaining for the people who do like it. It's not as if I'm trying to outlaw apple pie so no one can eat it.

[debrand]

Yup. I don't enjoy the texture of cooked apples, unless they're sauced. But seriously, why is it a problem for someone not to like apple pie, or steak? Then there's more remaining for the people who do like it. It's not as if I'm trying to outlaw apple pie so no one can eat it.

Because all true blooded Americans are the exact same and have the exact same taste. They even wear the same brand and color of underwear.

Please do Mally's Before You Meet Prince Charming next.

[Trynn]

Because all true blooded Americans are the exact same and have the exact same taste. They even wear the same brand and color of underwear.

Really? I want to test this theory. What color of underwear are we all wearing? Due to my recent surgery, I am currently going without. What about the rest of you?

[PennySycamore]

I'm a liberal and I make a damn good apple pie! I looove apple pie. I like some John Wayne movies, but, damn, I did not like his politics one bit. Like a lot of FJers, I like porches better than patios and aren't porches more traditional anyway? I do like pools, but don't want one in my yard due to my grandkids. I love small businesses and I'm trying hard to avoid the big box stores as I renovate my kitchen. I don't shop at WalMart unless it's 2 AM and I need something in an emergency. I don't need a fucking V-8 in my MINI. I'm a non-preachy vegetarian, but I don't know any of those and I know lots of vegetarians and vegans. I'm not at all anti-science and, in fact, majored in biology when I went back to college. I think the pair of panties I am currently wearing are multicolored.

[miffy]

I'm a Christian & I vote for a conservative political party(nothing like the GOP). I don't like steak...

[Arete]

Really? I want to test this theory. What color of underwear are we all wearing? Due to my recent surgery, I am currently going without. What about the rest of you?

I am wearing pink. Please don't make me turn in my ovaries. :shhh:

[Lillybee]

Pink here, too.

I am going to have to tell my liberal scientist (hydro-geology) son that he hates himself. Gah, that sounds so dumb.

[Chowder Head]

Im southern, loveeee steak, apple pie, have a wrap around porch, lovve science, teach it and have two science degrees. So what does that make me?

[RachelB]

Really? I want to test this theory. What color of underwear are we all wearing? Due to my recent surgery, I am currently going without. What about the rest of you?

White and black.

Also, I'm not a scientist, but I live with one, non-Platonically. (He's also liberal.)

[crazyforkate]

Err, white. That's good American underwear, right? Or does it have to be red white and blue?