>"In another post, I postulated that Liberals--the full up, capital L, hardcore ones--do have a "creed," or to be more precise, one can predict their stand on almost any subject.I've developed a short cut that will help in this prediction."

This is great for all of you conservatives that tend to move your lips when you read, and get lost in anything longer that a bumper sticker.
Have no fear. Tom has worked out a prediction short cut for you.

>"Imagine a small town in a Midwestern state, say Kansas. Now imagine a family living there, a mom, a dad, and three kids. Dad works a middle-class job, maybe selling real estate. Mom is staying with the kids, but does some work on the side when they're in school. They go to church on Sunday."

Yes, it is the church of "Jesus Christ Christian" on Sunday, but Saturday night is reserved for Klu Klux Klan meetings. I actually think Daddy is a used-car salesman! Just what is it the mom does on the side?

>Once these folks are fixed firmly in your mind, visualize their house, their car. Imagine what they read, what they watch on TV, what they eat, what movies they see. Imagine their furniture, and the pictures on the wall. Imagine what they would think on any given subject. Imagine the sorts of things they would dislike, have contempt for, or be appalled by.
Got it? Now..."

Yeah, I think so. Since you have constructed this family I can project they are reading "The Turner Diaries", watching Archie Bunker whenever they can't get Rush, eating frozen anything that doesn't have an ethnic name, their furniture is covered with plastic, and the pictures on the wall are all oceanscapes. They would dislike any and eveything that is not them, have contempt for all inferior non-white, foreign, or formally educated people. They would be appalled by the thought that some people make love with the lights on and use other that a strict missionary position.

By jove, I think I got it! See I do understand where you are coming from.

>"A Liberal will be exactly opposed to this family on every single subject."

Such as the Flagstaff burning of all the Harry Potter books to save the community from the possible satanic influence book about magic might have.

>" Every opinion, every matter of taste, every value, every product purchased--everything. If this family likes it, a Liberal will hold it in contempt."

This is quite possible, but the liberal will also recognize your family has the right to its opinions, hang ups, and whatever---just so long as your kin folks don't try to enforce their likes on him, or the rest of society.