The Source of Liberal Aggression

Why are liberals so full of hatred and scorn? Why are they so universally negative, hateful, and prone to violence? They are so for scores of reasons, not the least of which being that their reputation in the American public is steadily shrinking, with <20% of Americans self identifying as “liberals”. More than twice that number self identify as “conservatives”.

A group of such a minority, with views so divergent from those held by the general public, will find itself in a near perpetual state of intellectual self defense. When not defending their largely unpopular ideology, they’re trying to implement their liberal agenda through social reforms. As they make up less that 1/5 of the population, much of their efforts are in vain.

I know not whether liberalism begets a sense of elitism or whether elitism begets a sense of liberalism, but that the two go hand in hand cannot be denied.

So far everything about liberalism is either negative or resentful: inherent elitism, low self identifying %, the perpetual defensive nature. Worse still, each of these things feed off of each other in a vicious feedback loop.

Returning to the aforementioned elitism, liberals largely view themselves as better, brighter, and considerably more enlightened than average Americans, yet these same inferior Americans rarely (and inexplicably!) turn to their betters (liberals… in case you are one of those average Americans and aren’t able to follow…) to lead them. To the liberals’ great shock and indignation, average Americans resent them for their perceived natural superiority. Resentment feeding resentment in yet another tragic feedback loop.

Residing in such a bubble of negativity, it should not be a surprise that liberals are such a spiteful lot. It would, in fact, be a surprise to find liberals who are not negative! Look back at news stories of violent protests and demonstrations around the world. I challenge anyone to find news coverage of protests and/or demonstrations requiring riot gear donned law enforcement in which the protestors are conservatives. In fact, I challenge you to find an example of such a protest in which the protestors are anything but liberals or leftists.

Liberal aggression is also fueled by that which sustains liberal political momentum and in the United States, the Democratic Party. Downward socio-economic mobility is the catalyst for liberal expansion. Conversely upward economic mobility is generally bad for liberals and the Democratic Party, as is economic prosperity and growth in general. Their ranks swell in a direct correlation with poverty and government dependency.

I imagine it is rather difficult for a party (political) to be full of good cheer when its perception of success is the spread of misery among the populace.

Try the riot gear experiment.