I agree with you 100%. Actually being IN NYC exposes me to many many people with similar attitudes, and the smug, snottiness has made me absolutely loathe to ever describe myself as "liberal," no matter how open my mind might be (and generally is) on any particular issue. It's also the type that tends to lend itself to the "us vs. them" mentality, and I despise that too.
I admit-- I chortled a bit at the cover ONLY because I consider the New Yorker to be so highbrow that they're out of touch with most of reality. "Oh boy, that's really going to open a sh*tstorm," was my initial reaction, along with annoyance that they'd be so dismissive of half the country's demographic. Then again, politics is the currently accepted prejudice, which is a large reason of why I stay independent.
"It's a kind of liberalism I despise"
I agree with you 100%. Actually being IN NYC exposes me to many many people with similar attitudes, and the smug, snottiness has made me absolutely loathe to ever describe myself as "liberal," no matter how open my mind might be (and generally is) on any particular issue. It's also the type that tends to lend itself to the "us vs. them" mentality, and I despise that too.
I admit-- I chortled a bit at the cover ONLY because I consider the New Yorker to be so highbrow that they're out of touch with most of reality. "Oh boy, that's really going to open a sh*tstorm," was my initial reaction, along with annoyance that they'd be so dismissive of half the country's demographic. Then again, politics is the currently accepted prejudice, which is a large reason of why I stay independent.