How To Impersonate a Liberal

I was out running some errands earlier today and listening to Michael Medved while I did it. Now, Michael is far from my favorite Conservative, but not my least favorite either. I didn’t hear what set them off, but I listened to a series of irate liberals call in and berate him. One went so far as to call him stupid. Ironically, in each case the caller had misunderstood Medved’s point and were railing against, not what he said, but rather what they thought he had said. Even worse, even if he had said those things, their refutations consisted mostly of ad hominem attacks and overwrought comparison of apples to oranges. To his credit, Medved answered their rants as if they were rational human beings.

Still, it all reminded me of the old joke from way back when:

Q: How do you impersonate a Liberal?

A: Spend a lot of time talking about complicated world issues that you don’t understand.