The problem with liberals is that we can't escape our elite intelligence. We are so damn smart that we think that being right is all that matters. Letterman cut through this elitism with an effective knife last night when he said to Bill O'Reilly (I paraphrase), "You know I'm not smart enough to go fact by fact with you but I just get the feeling that 60% of what you say is crap." Not only was Letterman right, he was right without sounding like an elitist.
That isn't true on the this web site's comments: Media Matters An argument ensues between a conservative and liberal over the meaning of "comparison." The argument goes so far off course of the original idea, that O'Reilly is full of crap, and just becomes a glaring example of how liberals lose arguments. It's like being in a fight and pulling a single hair instead of punching someone in the gut.
We try to be right.
We try to be perfect.
If you'll notice, conservatives generally don't try to be either for their folks (the dumber the better, just look at our President). But they do point fingers at us when we're imperfect (Cindy Sheean), which makes us shudder and weaken (Oh no! We're not perfect!). Then they continue the fight by bullying and striking fear into people. We need to point this out, over and over, and tell people we have an optimistic plan for the future. Who cares if we're right on the facts (we generally are and this doesn't win admirers) and on the definition of words (of course we are, and this makes people feel inferior). We need to get along and lead our way out of this mess of fear and fake perfectionism.
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