[Kingsley Davis]

"Now, let’s look at the list of qualities that are allegedly liberal. Liberals are the most dogmatic people with very narrow opinions on just about everything. Open minded is, unsurprisingly, the exact opposite of a liberal. They think that by embracing things that normal people don’t like, that makes them open minded. In fact, it is the opposite. Liberals wall off a wide range of options for themselves because they are considered taboo or conventional. The fact that they tend to dress alike and repeat the same things should be a clue. Similarly, they never engage in unconventional thought, if that means non-liberal thought. When was the last time a liberal surprised you with a non-liberal opinion on something? "When was the last time the NYTimes was unpredictable? Liberalism may be a fringe religion, but it has its conventions and relentlessly lashes the adherents so they conform.

The third one on the list is one of my favorites. Put a liberal in a room full of non-liberals and they become a shrinking violet. Reverse the roles and the liberals will harangue the non-liberal like a group of Crips attacking a Chinese delivery guy. Liberals congregate like all herd animals. They seek protection in numbers. It is why they are over represented in politics, soft-sciences and journalism. These are activities best done in groups. They are also high conformity activities which appeals to the hive mind. Activities like sports and soldiering have few liberals as they are not consensus driven. Success is easily measured and individual competition is integral to the activity. A rootless loner can be a great soldier, but a lousy English professor.

There you have an expanded definition of the Opposite Rule of Liberalism."

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