An obviously provocative title, which of course doesn't apply to all (and perhaps not even most) liberals, but there seems to be this irritating trend among modern/social/progressive liberals to be ridiculously condescending and dismissive of people who don't agree with them. Most of my evidence for this is anecdotal (although there's a connection with liberals' recent over-representation in academia somewhere), but to illustrate this allow me to share part of a post from the "Being Liberal" facebook page:

JB) Yes, people living in red states are actually this stupid. [in reference to a news story]

(W) EDIT: We apologize to all the liberal, smart people who, for whatever reasons, live in the red states as a minority. We acknowledge that it's tough to live blue in red states, and we salute you for having to deal with your neighbors daily! The comments following Beth Stoneman's thread below rightfully indicated that our lede, indeed can be read as an inflammatory generalization. We promise to get better, and avoid those... but can you please, ramp up you efforts on educating your neighbors?

Deep down I just want to be able to exist in a state of contentment, which is something I've been chasing for a long time.

Ultimately, though, duty keeps me going. But it's a heavy burden.

I was watching it while eating dinner.

Made me wish I had rabbit, instead of lamb.

Going to study there, Meta?

Yeah man.

That pre-high anticipation and feeling of "I'm about to come up hard" is always super intense for 'my friend' with MDMA. Especially when double-dropping; like a fucking freight train.

Whenever somebody I know is making a curry, they're always throwing in some fucking coriander. Not only is it disgusting, but the taste is so strong it pretty much overpowers the curry itself.

Fuck coriander.

Wales.
Germany.
Spain.
Greece.
Lanzarote in the Canary Isles.
Poland.

I've also travelled through France, the Netherlands and Belgium but have not stopped there.

Will also be moving to America in late 2017.

Supposedly for wishing "a very Happy Easter" to his "beloved Christian nation".

A man has been arrested after a popular Muslim shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a religiously motivated attack just hours after he had posted a message wishing 'a very happy Easter to my beloved Christian nation'.

Asad Shah, 40, was set upon with a knife and had his head stamped on in a shocking attack outside his Glasgow newsagents shop just after 9pm last night.

A police investigation has been launched into the full details surrounding Mr Shah's death, with officers pursuing a line of enquiry that the attack was 'racially prejudiced'.

Police Scotland confirmed to MailOnline that everyone currently involved in the investigation was a Muslim following the arrest of a man aged 32.

The appalling attack came just hours after deeply religious Mr Shah, who was keen to reach out from the Muslim community to Christian neighbours, posted heartfelt Easter messages on social media.

The 40-year-old was today due to be hosting a meeting with Christian friends about the importance of Easter.
Mr Shah, who is originally from the Pakistani city of Rabwah, posted his Easter wishes on Facebook at 5.10pm last night - just four hours before he was murdered.

The post, the last one he made before his death, said: 'Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation.'

And he added: 'Let's follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and get the real success in both worlds.'
In previous posts, he spoke out eloquently against violence and hatred and called for 'unconditional real love for all mankind'.

Scotland ain't doin' too good.

because that's what's evolutionarily best for the species

Who cares?

BBC

The religious leader at Scotland's biggest mosque has praised an extremist who was executed for committing murder in Pakistan, the BBC can reveal.

Imam Maulana Habib Ur Rehman of Glasgow Central Mosque used the messaging platform WhatsApp to show his support for Mumtaz Qadri.

Qadri was hanged in February after murdering a local politician who opposed strict blasphemy laws.

In a statement the imam said the messages had been taken out of context.

He said that he was expressing his opposition to capital punishment.

In messages seen by the BBC, Imam Maulana Habib Ur Rehman says that he is "disturbed" and "upset" at the news of Qadri's execution, before writing "rahmatullahi alai", a religious blessing usually given to devout Muslims and meaning may God's mercy be upon him.

In another, he says: "I cannot hide my pain today. A true Muslim was punished for doing which [sic] the collective will of the nation failed to carry out."

IF YOU'RE TALKING THE HARDEST GIGGS BETTER POP UP IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS AN ARTIST JHEEEEEEEEZ

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Honestly I'm not concerned about your philosophy; obviously we disagree on several other things too. It's worrying to see you making any change; I'd be saying the same thing if you suddenly decided to convert to Christianity.

Fair enough.

I know I need to sleep, I'm exhausted.

I'll return to thinking about this tomorrow and think about it more over the come weeks. Consider the level of conviction in this thread to be relatively low, at least for now.

And Turkey, I appreciate the compassion and the support. I really do. I consider you a good friend on this forum, and somebody who is perceptive and intelligent and enjoyable to talk to. But it's no secret I'm cynical, and I've made no attempts to hide my pessimism in the past.

This is hardly a U-turn for me. Merely an extension of what I already pretty much thought to be the case.

By supporting anti-natalism, you're deciding that nobody's life was worth living for them.

And by not supporting it, you are equally imposing your own valuation on their life. How do we decide whose valuation is superior? We're both committing the same act of applying a value to other people's lives.

I'm not advocating for any coercive or violent measures here; I'm not even going to bother trying to convince people not to procreate. I just happen to think the evidence is tipped in my favour, in terms of whether or not the aggregate experience of humankind has been mostly negative or mostly positive.

We are allowed to try and draw objective conclusions from subjective facts. The absence of pleasure is not a bad state of affairs, given that non-existent people cannot experience any kind of deprivation. Not imposing suffering, however, is good precisely because it disallows any kind of negative experience.

Preventing negative experience = good.

A complete lack of (positive) experience = not 'bad'.

I would never wish he hadn't been born.

Why? Not only would he not have been able to murder innocent civilians, but we would also save some money by not having to pay for the cunts execution. If you think somebody better off dead, wishing they were never born seems more moral. The reduction in suffering that avenue opens up is significant.

The truth is that I believe that the problem lies in that you've experienced something emotional, but you don't have effective ways of dealing with it, so you turn to logic to express your angst towards the ufairness of life.

I've been awake for around 35 hours now because I stayed up all night trying to talk to him, and to keep him from harming himself or anybody else. I did what was necessary, phoning first campus security and then his parents, constantly keeping an eye on him until another friend of ours went to the hospital. I know exactly what I'm feeling, and I'm managing to hold myself together for the sake of my friend and his family.

I'm dealing with this better than you imagine, I think. Even if my friend's suffering evoked no emotional response from me--which a year or two ago it probably wouldn't have--I would still maintain the dysutility of suffering as an experience. Most suffering in this world is dysteleological. Note, I'm not going to campaign against people having kids, mainly because I see it as a lost cause.

But, for me? No. I don't think I could bring a child into the world.