From The Armpit of Liberal Hell

Okay, I admit it. It's probably a deep and troubled personality kink, yes, I know; but I am a devoted fan of Mark Morford's column "Notes & Errata" in the San Francisco Chronicle. He is my idol - my deepest longing is to be able to write in the completely bonkers, over-the-top, no-holds-barred, not-giving-a-damn way he can let loose in that column. Only in San Francisco, the place my favorite RWC (Right-Wing Conservative) commenter calls "the armpit of Liberal Hell," though in fact I think it's probably RWC Hell, and Liberal Heaven.

Anyway, Mark's current column vents his spleen at a question we LWLs get asked much too often: "Here it is: Where is your supposed progressive openness? Your liberal generosity of spirit? I thought you Lefties were all mushy and passive and live-and-let-live?... In other words, where is that famous so-called tolerance I thought all you libs were supposed to possess like some sort of gentle polyamorous smiling hug for the world?" This question is, of course, posed when we are confronted with some completely intolerable attitude or position, and forced to debate it. As Mark begins to tell us here in his answer, our tolerance has its definite limits:

You, hate-mailers from the sanctimonious Right and even some of you morally paralyzed middle-grounders from the Left, are correct. I am, in fact, deeply intolerant. It is true. I can hide my deep biases and predispositions no longer.

I cannot, for example, tolerate the dark and violent road down which this nation seems intent on careening like an Escalade on meth. I cannot tolerate brutal neverending unnecessary wars and I cannot allow gay rights to be bashed and I truly loathe watching women's rights be slammed back to 1952. Or 1852.

So, go ahead, do yourself a favor: grab an espresso machiatto, get comfy, and read it all: Liberals Are So Intolerant!

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