[Kip Russell]

Because the Control Freak Statist neighbor is at least being true to their own idealology when they prance over to my lawn with their grass ruler, measure it, and then tattle to the city government about how evil I am because my grass is 1/8th of an inch too long...

Robert A. Heinlein, regarding politics and neighbors:

“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”

[GraceG]

“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”

I am a proud Curmudgeon!