I was looking at info on this “Hate Bush” meeting held a week ago, and it seems to crystallize a few trends I’ve noticed:

1. People often confuse Liberalism w/Intellectualism. “Hey look at me- I’m smart cause I hate President Bush.”
2. What people assume to be “liberal” thinking is often extremely oppressive. “What!?!?!? You mean your pro-life?!?!?! What kind of monster are you!?!?!”

Now, let me make a couple things clear: I do not consider myself a staunch conservative. I also refrain from aligning myself blindly with any one political stance. I just have an eye for stupid, and when it rears its head I like to point it out. I also have nothing against a good protest. Anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that protesting is a talent I was born with. What I don’t respect is the whole “let’s always poke fun at the right” bandwagon. It’s not genuine.

So I was thinking, why is it that Hollywood loves to play “political rally” so much? I get this picture of Tim Robbins, Danny Glover, Janeane Garofalo and Al Franken holding hands and doing a march on Detroit to end SUV production. Behind them, all the Seattle WTO protestors are trying desperately to get arrested in front of photographers. Why do they do it? Is it because they know that today’s youth will follow them anywhere to seem intellectual? Is it b/c they need to bring meaning to their lives?

Personally, I think that Washington brought it on themselves, way back with the whole Red Scare/Blacklist deal. Either way, you can bet this whole Liberal = Intellectual thing is gonna fuel more posts here than the Chihuahuas.

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