The Last Decade of Liberalism in 25 Quotes

If you want to get a sense of what modern American liberalism has become, the best way to do it is just to listen to the things that liberals say. Liberalism has always been misguided, but it has increasingly become unhinged, mean-spirited, and nihilistic. As proof, here are 25 quotes (in alphabetical order) from liberals over the last decade that give you a very good sense of the sort of “thinking” that the whole ideology now revolves around. It is not a pretty picture.

1) "Drag storytellers, and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces." — Mayor Eric Adams

2) "If you have to ask if you are a racist, you are. And if you are not asking if you are a racist, you are." — Angela Bell, an assistant professor of psychology at Lafayette College as quoted by CNN.

3) "I wish what they’d do is pass a law to make you immune from liability if you punch some unvaccinated person right in the face, which I’d really like to do. If you ask me what’s my first reaction to you if you’re not vaccinated, you don’t have any medical reason not to be, you’re a piece of sh*t, OK? I just want to punch you in the god****ed face. That’s the way I look at these people." — James Carville

4) "Spare me the bullsh*t about Constitutional rights." — Democratic Congressman David Cicilline

5) ”To me, capitalism is irredeemable.” -- Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

6) "I’d like to be a little less white, which means a little less oppressive, oblivious, defensive, ignorant, and arrogant." — White University of Washington Professor Robin DiAngelo

7) "The belief that one's entitlement to freedom is a key component of white supremacy." — Taylor Dysart in the Washington Post

8) "Divorce your Republican husbands." — Attorney Jill Filipovic

9) "Was the American Revolution such a good idea?" — Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker

10) "Guess who’s perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? It’s the men in this country. I just want to say to the men in this country, just shut up! And step up. Do the right thing for a change." — Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

11) "White people genuinely think that police make kids safer when in reality at most schools the police ARE the threat." — David Hogg

12) "Here’s an unpopular opinion: I’m actually not at all concerned about innocent men losing their jobs over false sexual assault/harassment allegations… Sorry. If some innocent men’s reputations have to take a hit in the process of undoing the patriarchy, that is a price I am absolutely willing to pay." — Emily Linden

13) SEN. BLACKBURN: "Can you provide a definition of the word 'woman'?"

JACKSON: "No, I can't"

BLACKBURN: "You can't?"

JACKSON: "I'm not a biologist" — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

14) "When I hear these things about ‘Let’s make America great again,’ I think to myself: ‘Exactly when did you think America was great?'" — Eric Holder

15) "If children can’t consent to puberty blockers which pause any permanent changes even with the relevant professional evaluation, how can they consent to the permanent and irreversible changes that come with their own puberty with no professional evaluation whatsoever? This is literally a position that permanent changes are fine as long as you’re not trans. An inability to offer informed consent or understand the long-term consequences is actually an argument for putting every single cis and trans person on puberty blockers until they acquire that ability." — Zinnia Jones

16) "If this country doesn’t give us what we want then we will burn down the system and replace it. All right. And I could be speaking figuratively, I could be speaking literally. It’s a matter of interpretation." — Hawk Newsome, the president of Greater New York Black Lives Matter

17) "The angry white guy is dying out, and the Census Bureau has already told us that by 2050, white people are going to be the minority, and I’m not sad to say I can’t wait for that day to happen. I hope I live long enough to see it because it will be a better country." — Michael Moore

18) "The CVS on my corner has started locking up basic items like clothing and detergent. As so many families can’t make ends meet right now, I can’t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem of people stealing basic necessities out of desperation is to prosecute them." — Cynthia Nixon

19) "This country is a racist transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist, classist, Islamophobic, misogynistic, dumpster fire. As such, seeing the American flag makes me want to vomit." — Sara Rao

20) "The U.S. has a population of 327 million people… why do we need more kids??" — Joy Reid

21) "You can be mad but I guess I don’t personally view my car as an extension of myself and I’ve never really felt violated any of the 15 or so times my car was broken into. Once a guy accidentally left a cool knife in my car so if it keeps happening you might get a little treat." — Seth Rogen responding to someone talking about his car getting broken into in LA

22) "To me, I don’t care if it’s a George Washington statue or Thomas Jefferson, they all need to come down." — Angela Rye on CNN

23) "Starting today and from here on, no elected official — certainly those in the GOP defending and supporting Trump on a variety of issues, for example, should be able to sit down for a nice, quiet lunch or dinner in a Washington, DC eatery or even in their own homes. They should be hounded by protestors everywhere, especially in public — in restaurants, in shopping centers, in their districts, and yes, on the public property outside their homes and apartments, in Washington and back in their home states." — Michelangelo Signorile

24) "The troubled history of air-conditioning suggests not that we chuck it entirely but that we focus on public cooling, on public comfort, rather than individual cooling, on individual comfort. Ensuring that the most vulnerable among the planet’s human inhabitants can keep cool through better access to public cooling centers, shade-giving trees, safe green spaces, water infrastructure to cool, and smart design will not only enrich our cities overall, it will lower the temperature for everyone. It’s far more efficient this way." — From "AC Feels Great, But It’s Terrible for the Planet. Here’s How to Fix That" by Eric Dean Wilson in Time Magazine

25) "Policing in our country is inherently & intentionally racist... No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can't be reformed." — Rashida Tlaib

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