Liberalism doesn't require any thought or personal participation. You pick an issue, agree with how the gov't should determined to handle it, wipe your conscience clean that you are aware of the issue and the gov't is the solution (which means you've "done something,") and then move on to the next issue. When the gov't fails to deliver, you blame those who refuse to be ruled by gov't bureaucrats and insist their freedoms should not be infringed. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. They disdain anyone who doesn't view the world the way they do, which contributes to their seething hatred, and by virtue of that they've isolated themselves away from how normal, descent and civilized people actually conduct their daily lives. Naturally, stupidity follows.
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