Were they sliced locally? Or were the pears local, and not long-distance?
It must be hard to be a liberal. Everything you do needs to be properly vetted and justified. For instance, I (and you, I'd assume) would say, "I'd like scrambled eggs for breakfast, please. And those pears look delicious, too.". Then we'd eat them and be full and happy.
BUT IF WE WERE LIBERAL ..... we'd need to know if the chickens were organic, free-range, hand-fed, and locally sourced? What about the pears? Were the pears gently picked, so as to not cause too much trauma to the tree? Were they sliced with a properly sharpened knife? Were the farm workers paid a living wage? What about the cafeteria workers?
and so on. What a tortured, self-imposed hell they create for themselves. :-)
Indeed, this 2:00 min Portlandia episode proves it.