Many moons ago, I had several informal e-mail exchanges with the relatively new editor of our local paper. We spoke about how he was turning the conservative paper into a left-leaning rag, though I did not use that term.
Our final conversation ended (as closely as I can recall) as follows:
EDITOR: “If you disagree with the editorials and other changes so much, how come you keep subscribing?”
ME: “ We have a very old dog sir. Every morning since she was a puppy she has gone outside, picked up the paper and brought it to my husband. It still brings her joy to do so, even with her arthritic limbs and that is the only reason we subscribe.
Apparently you weren’t dealing with a true liberal. A true liberal would have immediately canceled your subscription knowing that the lack of a paper for your dog to retrieve would cause you distress. As for the impact on the dog? That would be viewed by a liberal as collateral damage.