I know what you mean--I've got a cousin that bought a lib-arts degree from UC Berzerkley and promptly started raising rats in her apartment (snake food for the local pet stores).
Both of my nephew's parents are hopelessly self-deluded liberals.
Grumpy old Uncle Naughtius sits at family confabs and broods that Nephew Treebeard is going to end up living in his parents' basement and becoming a city wide expert on Startreck: The Next Generation.