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Opening Arguments

Metaphor alert

I have no idea what a "moderate liberal" is, but this Indiana University graudate claims to be one. He has discovered, you know, that we all live in cages -- poor people have small ones and rich people have big ones -- because we are all, you know, "prisoners of our culture."

The majority of the world is content within their cages. Most are able to fly from one branch to another, eat plenty of food, and drink to their hearts' content.

Excuse me, please -- I have to go rattle my cage now until my Midwestern, white, Protestant culture sets me free. Into a bigger cage, I guess.

Posted in: Hoosier lore

Comments

Larry Morris
Wed, 04/26/2006 - 4:51am

Geez, Louise, ... it sounds like a social worker.

Bob G.
Wed, 04/26/2006 - 5:00am

I guess it could be worse...they "could have proclaimed themselves a "Liberal Conservative"...or is that a "Conservative Liberal"...???

And can you have a "Moderate Moderate"?

I'll get back to you AFTER I change the straw in *my* cage...lol!

B.G.

Steve Towsley
Thu, 04/27/2006 - 1:32am

Oh wow. Heavy, man. So let's go protest some plastic people and then hitch a ride to the commune where we can reject the Establishment and do our own thing.

'Twas ever thus. There must be a version of this same young adult's cliche for every generation since Adam & Eve.

Only the first time, it wasn't a cliche yet, as far as we know.

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