Shorter rule of thumb:
Democrats are liberty’s enemy, treat them accordingly.
B^)
Indeed! I’ve had a lot of coworkers, etc., who are liberal by their own definition, and while most of them are nice enough folks, they all have something in common—they all have had some kind of failure in their lives, be it marriage, or career, or whatever, that makes them extremely bitter. How that figures into and affects their world view I haven’t a clue but I’ve never been the pessimistic type, either. Who knows?