RE: Liberal attitudes

Steve Brenneis opines:

This dovetails nicely with one of my pet theories: Liberalism requires a certain degree of intellectual laziness. Adherence to principle requires careful thought and a reasoned approach. If one is going to pay the price of standing on principle, be it anything from one's reputation and social standing to one's life or livelihood, it is far better to have carefully considered the principle itself. It is much easier to spout platitudes (or attitudes as Mr. Sowell points out) than to carefully gather factual information and digest it in a rational manner.

This should be self-evident in the preponderance of liberals in Hollywood, where ego and style trump every other human quality.

Ironically, liberals' favorite ad hominem is to call conservatives stupid. A liberal's most cherished images of conservatives are alternately as lemmings or neanderthals. Even in the face of empirical evidence to the contrary, liberals persist in labeling conservatives as lack-witted. Of course, for those of an intellectually lazy nature, that would be the easy way out.