Perhaps there exists a singularity of the economic status of people who claim to be liberal vs. their liberal ideals. I don't necessarily agree with this quote, but from a certain perspective, there exists some comic relief.
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats."- P.J. O'Rourke
On the heels of this quote, there was an incident about Greenpeace protesters that got beaten up by oil traders! The article explaining in detail is here. My take on that situation is, those protesters were making a lot of noise on a floor that was making business and money. Reguardless weather or not the money was being made off of things that make polution worse, they should respect the medium, raise money, or start their own business and change the business climate of the oil industry. I totally feel what they did was completely disrespectful. Granted, I don't know the entire history of Greenpeace vs. the oil industry, and it wasn't right for the oil guys to beat the living crap out of those protesters either. Everything is just plain uncalled for, but I feel it wasn't right to storm an oil trading center, so they got what they deserved!
