Liberals constantly complain that conservatives are trying to impose their cultural vision on the rest of the country. In contrast, they themselves only care about the "real" issues of class and economics. Liberals argue that middle-class GOP voters have been hoodwinked by Republican strategists pushing manufactured "values" issues. Their argument boils down to say that to disagree with the left about the nature of economic self-interest is a form of brainwashing or dementia.

But are liberals and leftists really dedicated to economic justice rather than divisive issues like gay marriage or partial-birth abortion? If you look closely, you'll see that liberals object to "values issues" in politics only when they expose liberal weaknesses. When liberals are on the defensive, they use socialistic arguments to delegitimize the oppositions cultural agenda. When conservatives have the upper hand on a cultural issue, liberalism is all about "solving prolems" for the average Joe, about paychecks and helth care. But on offense, it's about racial quotas, mainstreaming gay culture, scrubbing the publicv square of Christianity, and a host of explicitly cultural ambitions.

The simple fact of the matter is this: liberals are the aggressors in the culture wars. Why this should seem a controversial point is somewhat baffling. It is manifestly clear that traditionalists are defending their way of life against the so-called forces of progress. When feminist groups finally persuaded the courts to force the Virginia Military Institute to accept women, who was the aggressor? Whose values were being imposed? Which side's activists boast of being "agents of change"? My point is not that the forces of change are always wrong. Far from it. My point is that the left is dishonest when it pretends that it is not in the business of imposing its values on others.

One piece of advice to the left: Try thinking, not drinking.

P.S. I assume this will engender all the intelligent responses from KK, Irie, et.al. such as STFU, don't let the door hit you on the ass, etc. Lot's of articulate intelligence there, on the left.