P.J. O’Rourke has the arrogant, irresponsible leftists figured out:
“The principle feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness.
By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape — liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More important, they
promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who care deeply about such things. It’s a kind of natural aristocracy, and
the wonderful thing about this aristocracy is that you don’t have to be brave, smart, strong or even lucky to join it, you just have to be liberal.”
“The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability.
Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology, women’s studies - to prove that nothing is anybody’s fault. No one is fond
of taking responsibility for his actions, but consider how much you’d have to hate free will to come up with a political platform that advocates
killing unborn babies but not convicted murderers. A callous pragmatist might favor abortion and capital punishment. A devout Christian would
sanction neither. But it takes years of therapy to arrive at the liberal view.”
I probably don't meet the standard of a "devout Christian", but I'm working at it.