Is there such a thing as a liberal hypocrisy?

Question

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4573

John Q. Liberal is a professor at a local college. On Monday he gives a speech in which he denounces capitalism and the profit motive, and praises environmentalism as the highest moral ideal. When his speech is over, he confronts the organizer of the talk. “Where’s the check you promised me? You think I speak for free?”

Walking out of the building, John is confronted by a line of student activists all asking him to sign petitions. The first one is a petition against hate speech. John signs gladly, saying, “I hate people who engage in hate speech!” Next is a petition advocating more diversity on campus. “Absolutely!” says John. “I am totally in favor of more diversity!” Next is a petition to establish quotas for Asian students entering the university. “It’s not fair that so many Asians get into college,” says John as he signs. Last is a petition to ban SUV’s from the highways. John signs that one without comment, aware that people are watching. Then he heads for the parking lot, check in hand, and gets in his air-conditioned SUV, thinking, “So what? I’m just one person.”

John pops in a music CD and smiles on his way to the bank, where he uses the drive-thru ATM to deposit his check. While waiting, he thinks about an article he’s writing on the dehumanizing effects of modern technology.

John heads to the local mall. He wants to buy a couple of his favorite cheap shirts. But when he gets to the shop, he is told they are no longer manufactured. A year ago John had signed a petition denouncing labor conditions for Third World workers. The petition resulted in American trade sanctions against certain countries—including the one manufacturing John’s favorite shirts. Investors pulled out, the factory closed, and the workers lost their jobs. So John is without his favorite cheap shirt. “This is why capitalism doesn’t work,” says John.

After leaving the mall, he pulls into a gas station and fills up his SUV with Premium gas. He smiles, remembering with satisfaction an op-ed he published a month ago denouncing oil company profits and complaining about high gasoline prices. A month ago, gas had been $3.05 a gallon. Today, it is $2.35. John Q. Liberal has no real idea why the price went down.

It doesn’t occur to him that it may have had something to do with the fact that he—and a lot of other people—had stopped buying so much gasoline. If anybody asks him, he’ll say it was because of his op-ed.

He heads home on the freeway, thinking again about his article on the dehumanizing effects of modern technology. While driving, he suffers a heart attack and crashes into a retaining wall. The airbag in his steering wheel deploys and saves him from being killed. The driver in the car behind him––an oil company executive––uses a cell phone to call paramedics. Within minutes of the crash, John Q. Liberal is airlifted by helicopter to a giant medical center where a team of doctors and nurses use the latest in advanced hi-tech medical technology to save his life.

Within days of his heart attack, he is at home recovering. He feels good, until the bill from the hospital arrives. His heart attack cost $300,000. John is outraged. “Greedy hospitals! Why does medical care cost so much?” But his insurance company pays everything, except a $1,000 deductible. John is outraged. “Greedy insurance companies! What’s the point of having insurance if I have to pay $1,000?”

To relax him, his wife rolls his wheelchair to a window with a view to the mountains. John Q. Liberal loves the mountains. But now his neighbor to the east, a wealthy lawyer, is building an addition to his home. When complete, it will obscure John’s view. John makes up his mind. “I’m going to sue. I’ll get that guy. Who does he think he is? He can’t take away my view! These greedy lawyers are the reason this country is so screwed up. We should do like Shakespeare said and kill them all. Honey, remind me to call our lawyer in the morning.”

The phone rings. It is his son, John Liberal Jr. “Good news, Dad! I just passed the Bar Exam. I’m going to be a lawyer!”

“Fantastic, son! You’ll be making the big money now!”

Life is good when you’re a liberal.

This is amazing, I know so many people just like this.

Answer 1

Everyone should read and absorb your complete commentary. It is excellent and all we have to do is look to the liberal politicians who know nothing but the politics of destruction and take advantage of all the things capitalism has provided them with.

Answer 2

Liberal is a synonym for hypocrisy. The Democrats are not ready to admit any gain in Iraw, just defeat. for politics. Reid says he can get more senators next election by declaring defeat.

Answer 3

Great post.The answer is yes of course.Liberals just want everything for free without effort.All their rules and PC nonsense are also always for the others.For some reason they themselves always have a reason to not fall under their loony rules

Answer 4

Wow, sounds like my life and what "Liberal Hypocrisy" did to distroy my family, starting with my baby girl who is now 20.

My daughter learned the Liberal system at an early age. After, I got out of a health care unit for Anorexia/ Bulimia and only weighing 67 lbs.at age 23. I found out my mother had kicked me out and moved in the man I left. ( The man raped me and who was also my daughter's dad).

A friend's mother took me in and I was only aloud to have my daughter on weekends. My friend's mother went to put my daughter into a tub of water, and she screamed with fear.

She had been molested, I was beyond angry and so was the lady. We called Children Services, they met with us and then with my mother's house hold. They told C.S.B. that I was making things up and that I was just being an ungrateful daughter and portrayed me as being this way all my life.

C.S.B. then came back and told me what my mother, and my daughter's dad said about me. Then C.S.B. told me that my daughter was in better care in my mother's home. I was only aloud supervised visits.

When I finally got my own apartment, I walked upon my mother's porch and my 3 year old daughter came running out of that house on Greenwood, yelling "mommy mommy, NO do yeave me, don't yeave me here Peas mommy mommy peas take me wit you" As she clung to my leg. ( my heart breaks every time I talk about this)

This is the first time I had to deal with "liberal hypocrisy"
My daughter went from being mommy's little angel, to hating me. She learned that truth couldn't save her, but lies would get her what she wanted.

My daughter was being taught to call her grandmother grandmomma, and her dad grand dadda, because my mother and my daughter dad were sleeping together. They told my baby " see your mommy hates you, she abandond you here.....IT WAS ALL LIES

But because of the liberal system who claims they are for families, are only choosing the ones with money.

I can't finish this it hurts WAY to much.....But I will say as she grew and the system would not help me, the rest of my family move from state to state to protect our sons who fear their sister...Her hate grew so badly that she on numerous times had tried to kill us...

Answer 5

look no farther than 757gate or the constitutional violation of granting non taxpaying us territories congressional vote that just "happen" to be liberal...ABSOLUTELY.

Answer 6

nice work! sums up the stinkin' lib pretty well indeed...

Answer 7

I'll answer your question more briefly than you answered it yourself. yes. don't forget about conservative hypocrisy though.