The demonization of all things liberal -- that's the topic of discussion in this video featuring MSNBC's Allison Stewart and presidential historian Richard Shenkman.
The historian is blunt. He observes that conservatives have a long tradition of demonizing we the people, but in recent years the Dark Side has taken up the (more financially rewarding) tactic of demonizing only we the liberal people.
"Throughout history," says Shenkman, "conservatives used to typically demonize the people. Now they no longer want to demonize people... instead, they demonize liberals."
On liberals' tendency to distance themselves from being identified as such, Shenkman remarks, "[They] have this problem with it, where they'll say 'I'm not a liberal, I'm a progressive,' or 'I'm a centrist,' or 'I'm a moderate'; they're really liberal, but they want to get rid of that label, so they'll say they don't believe in that label."
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