’)As you sit down with your family this Thanksgiving, there is sure to be at least one right-wing nut at the table. Even without a wing nut, there will be at least one person who believes at least one of these myths about progressives. Sara Robinson at the Campaign For America’s Future has ammunition for you to deal.
1. Liberals hate America.
2. Liberals want to leave us defenseless in the face of evildoers around the world.
3. Liberals hate the free market.
4. Liberals hate our troops.
5. Liberals are a bunch of elitists who hate decent working- and middle-class Americans.
6. Liberals are against “family values.”
7. Liberals want to raise our taxes.
8. Liberals are Godless-and therefore, amoral.
9. Liberals don’t believe in personal responsibility.
10. Liberals are wimps.
