to contemporary liberals, at least when it comes to socio-moral issues.
1. Irrationality
If you believe passionately that women should be given the “choice” to terminate the life of their unborn child, whilst at the same time not caring two hoots about the fact that many (perhaps most) women who visit abortion clinics do so because they feel that they have no choice, then you might be a liberal. Similarly, if you consider yourself a feminist and yet think family situations where a child has two dads (rather than a mum and a dad) is as good as ideal, then you might be a liberal. Or again, if you believe diversity is wonderful and yet deny that men and women really are very different, then you might be a liberal.
2. Crazy Logic
If you like highlighting obscure exceptions and using them to establish a rule, then you might be a liberal.
Example: 1 in 20,000 people experience complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS); therefore, gender must be illusory, and transsexualism must be a real thing. Or again, if you think the best way of solving something bad is to decide that it is no longer bad, then you might be a liberal.
Example 2: Women are going for backstreet abortions, which is terrible, so let’s legalize all abortions. Example 2: We have a huge problem with drugs, so why not just make drugs legal?
Example 3: Divorce rates are sky high! Whatever can we do about it? Actually, I guess divorce isn’t so bad after all.
Example 4: People working in the sex industry face real dangers, so let’s decriminalize prostitution to make it easier for them.
3. Defeatism
This is closely related to the previous point. Thus, if you think the occurrence of backstreet abortions is a reason for giving up completely and introducing abortion on demand, then you might be liberal. Or again, if you think the best way to fight the war on drugs is to fold and say anyone can buy drugs, then you might be a liberal. Etc.
4. Sophistry
If you subscribe to utterly mendacious slogans like “My body, my choice” and “Love makes a family”, then you might be a liberal. And if you are obsessed with phrases like “It’s 2016!” and buzzwords like “progressive”, then you might be a liberal.
5. Bully Tactics
If you despise traditional values and especially those who hold them, then you might be a liberal. If you believe Christians should be forced to cater for same-sex marriages, then you might be a liberal. If you believe pro-lifers should be forced away from abortion clinics by means of “buffer zones”, then you might be a liberal. And if, to quote William F. Buckley, you claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to find out that there are other views, then you might be a liberal.
6. Self-Righteousness
If you have what Ben Shapiro describes as an “unearned sense of moral superiority”, then you might be a liberal. If you are a pretentious snob who sees all traditionalists as being bigoted, uneducated, and poor, then you might be a liberal. If you are fond of offering condescending explanations as to why conservatives think the way they do (“unconscious bias”, “feeling left behind”, “fear of globalization”, etc.), then you might be a liberal.
7. Rotten Philosophy of Life
If you are an atheist with a worldview which renders human beings without free will, morality without a foundation, and life without ultimate meaning, then you might be a liberal. Alternatively, if your philosophy of life is a wishy-washy hodgepodge of different creeds and spiritualities, then you also might be a liberal. Last but not least, if you are a Christian who is so adept at self-delusion as to be incapable of understanding the very clear things which Scripture has to say on matters of life, marriage, and sexuality, then you too might be a liberal.
8. You Are a Narcissist.
Narcissistic listening dismisses, negates, ignores, minimizes, denigrates, or otherwise renders irrelevant other people’s concerns and comments. A tone of contempt is a particularly strong narcissistic indicator. Another narcissistic indicator is responding to what others say by beginning with the word “But….” But is a backspace-delete key that negates whatever came before—such as what someone else has said. But eraser deletes others’ viewpoints from the discussion.
Sign #1: I am entitled and It’s all about me.
I know more. I know better. I’m more interested. When we talk, it’s mostly about me. In conversations, I take up most of the airtime. Almost all of my chatter is about what I have done, or what I am thinking about. If you begin to talk about yourself, I link back to something in my life so that the focus of the discussion again turns onto me.
Maybe that’s why people say I suck up all the air in a room.
When I want something, I need to have it. Never mind how you feel about it; it’s all about me.
I’m big and important and you are merely also here—mostly to do things for me, like a third arm.
Sign #2: The rules don’t apply to me.
I can have affairs, cut into a line where others are waiting, cheat on my taxes, and ignore rules that get in the way of my doing what I want. Rules are for other people to follow.
Narcissists suffer from what I call “Tall Man Syndrome.”
They see themselves as above others, so the rules don’t apply to them.
Sign #3: Your concerns are really criticisms of me, and I hate being criticized.
I can criticize others, and often do—but if you criticize me you’re hurting my feelings, so I’ll hurt you back. If you say you are at all unhappy, that’s a way of indirectly criticizing me. Since “it’s all about me” your feelings must be about what I have been doing. If you are talking about your feelings, even if they were engendered by situations at work or with friends that have nothing to do with me, I interpret your negative feelings as criticism of me.
Narcissists paradoxically manifest both an inflated idea of their own importance and quickness to feel deflated by negative feedback. Criticism hurts—and because narcissists think everything is about them, they hear others’ attempts to talk about personal feelings as veiled criticisms of themselves.
The clinical term for taking others’ concerns as personal criticism is personalizing. “I’m feeling lonely” gets heard by someone who is narcissistic as an accusation: “You don’t spend enough time with me.”
Sign #4: I’m right. You’re wrong.
So, when things go wrong between us, it’s always your fault.
I can’t be expected to apologize or to admit blame. I’m above others and above reproach.
If you expect me to say how I’ve contributed to a problem, I’ll get mad at you.
Unwillingness to take responsibility for mistakes may come from confusing the part with the whole, or all-or-nothing thinking. Narcissists think, “If I’ve done one thing that’s not right, then I must be all bad”—which is why they’re so resistant to admitting any wrong things at all. Whatever the source of the sensitivity to criticism and difficulty admitting mistakes, they have a tendency to blame others when anything goes wrong. Blaming and fault-finding in others feel safer to narcissists than looking to discover, learn, and grow from their own part in difficulties.
While narcissists are quick to blame, they may be slow to appreciate. Appreciation and gratitude require listening.
Sign #5: I may be quick to anger—but when I get angry, it’s because of you.
You made me mad. You didn’t listen to me. You criticized me. You’re trying to control me. Your view is wrong. So, you need to apologize, not me. If I’m mad, it’s because I’m frustrated by what you are doing. I’m only mad because of you.
Narcissists often show major charm and social agility. At the same time, these seemingly super-confident folks can be quick to anger. When they do become inflamed, they then immediately blame their anger on others.
NEVER TRUST A PLASTIC HIPPO
You can’t talk to them because they don’t listen and think they know everything.
Good Luck changing someone’s mind that thinks they know – it – all.
9. You constantly reassure people that you don’t care about money; you would rather “pursue your passion.”
Because living in a cardboard box is totally worth it if you wake up to a job that makes you happy, right?
*Stuffs face with 99-cent ramen and cries over terrible job market*
10. You convince yourself that you’re unparalleled in creativity.
Translation: You take “artsy” pictures of your green juice on your polaroid camera and occasionally blog.
11. At one point or another, you’ve tried to write a novel and quit.
And you made pretty decent progress, until you got to chapter two and realized you had neither the patience, time, or effort to develop a plot line to rival J.K Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.
12. Starbucks is basically your life support.
While all students rely pretty heavily on their daily Starbucks caramel macchiatos to keep them going, coffee has almost literally replaced the blood in your veins. Sometimes you try taking your coffee black because you think it better suits your cynical personality.
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