Are you a northeastern secular elitist liberal?

[Allenberg]

If so, then we have something in common :hi:

[Nite Owl]

1. Well that's what they call us

but from the way we see it it's actually called being educated and believing in a separation of church and state. Everything is relative.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

5. It's called having the capacity for rational thought

I think it stems from that old Yankee cynicism. I'm glad I have it.

[For PaisAn]

2. Yes I am

wouldn't have it any other way. Hi to you.
:D

[WindRavenX]

3. Pretty much

Or a MA Liberal :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

4. Well, I'm a northwestern secular elitist liberal.

Does that count?

[illini]

6. Midwest elitist liberal.

I will become a secularist after I get out of the "700" club.

[More Than A Feeling]

7. Nope, Midwestern religious elitist liberal here!

we elitist liberals have to stick together!:D (and yes, the separation of church and state is very dear to me, if anyone wondered;))

[progmom]

26. me too!

Hi there!
:hi:

[salin]

8. No - but maybe yes?

The parents both grew up and were educated in northeastern secular elitist liberal intellectual enclaves...

moved to the midwest for the Dad to be a prof at a U with lots of other prof kids of parents who grew up and were educated at northeastern secular elitist intellectual enclaves... only in college when folks compared my accent (pretty much absent) to a "native" from my home town (pretty strong accent) did I give much thought to the pervasive influence of the northeastern secular elitist liberal intellectual enclave reestablished in a midwestern University town, effect.

Does that even part way qualify?

[Jack Rabbit]

9. I live on the West Coast

[maveric]

10. Yes, but I now live in CA.

[MrModerate]

11. Expatriate secular elitist liberal (my handle notwithstanding) n/t

[guitar man]

12. Nope

Southern libertarian/populist.... :hi:

[NightTrain]

13. That'd be me, pretty much.

And I'm damned proud of it. So piss off, right-wing fuckwads!!!

[shunt]

14. unFxst

Funny thing about secular elitist liberals is they dont watch sitcoms and they dont go to stupid damn movies.


SO WHO THE HELL IS SUPPORTING "LIBERAL AMERICA HATIN' HOLLYWOOD"


Some insight can be discovered a number of places 'round the midwest, specifically "church groups" like youth or singles groups. They dont go out and "party" so it is

ALWAYS


Pizza and a movie!

or Pizza and a silly sitcom w/o adult words!

on and on...

f'n idiots.

[RPM]

15. if you will count Pittsburgh as in the northeast,

then yes....

Is Pittsburgh midwest or northeast? PA is a northeast state, the city is old and laid out not unlike a northeastern city; Yet we are on the fringe of the midwest and many have a more midwest slant to them...

Help me - i have been on this question for almost 30 years....

[Allenberg]

17. Having been born and raised in the NE corner of

Allegheny County, and then having lived in Washington DC...Pittsburgh is a definite tweener. Has lots of east-coast type features, but once you get outside of Allegheny County, you're definitely in the mid-west.

[RPM]

19. yeah - i feel ya

Get out around Plum, Murraysville or Butler and it is definitely midwest... Fayette County, on the other hand, may as well be texas....

[SmileyBoy]

16. Upper Midwestern secular elitist liberal, here.

:hi:

[Reverend_Smitty]

18. Yeah that pretty much sums me up too

n/t

[JI7]

20. Western

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. southwestern..but yes I have a brain

[MrSlayer]

22. I'm no elitist.

But I'm all the others. Don't you have to be rich to be an elitist?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

28. No just smart.

Haven't you ever noticed it's bazillionaires like Falwell calling people elitists...it means you have a post grad degree. :D

[MrSlayer]

31. Ah, I see.

It's bad to be educated. These people are nuts.

[madinmaryland]

55. They're afraid of the elitists/educated.

They can see through all of the bs that falwell & Co. are spewing.

[Radical Activist]

23. I'm not northeastern, secular, or elitist

I'm a long haired country boy, blue collar union man from the midwest that loved living in the South for a few years. I bowl, I used to go fishing with my Dad, I appreciate the common beliefs of most world religions, and I don't like people who think a point is more valid just because you use $10 words like Noam Chomsky.

I'm a prairie populist. Where is our modern William Jennings Bryan?!

[Starlight]

24. Yes I am.

I even drink soy lattes & read the NYT. :donut:

[autorank]

25. Yes, but I live in Virginia..and I'm really more a narcissist than elitist

...does than mean we can't have brunch?

[Liberal In Texas]

27. I'm a white wine drinking (FRENCH), cheese eating(FRENCH),

literate, NYT crossword finishing, effete, limousine-riding, Anti-Establishment, educated, Anti-BIG corporate, intellectual, pro-regulatory, union, pro-choice, civil-rights-advocate, gay friendly, SNOB.

I'm also a capitalist, entrepreneur, ...formerly northern, but now in Texas, and damn proud of it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

30. you forgot the latte

[Liberal In Texas]

36. Damn, I knew there was something!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

29. Yu betta smile when youse say dat in broiklin, pal!

cause, yeah, we are!
:hi:

[cry baby]

32. No, I'm a southern liberal Democrat...should I run for president?

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34. Southern secular liberal...

...and I don't know where I stand on the "elitist" bit. I often feel like "liberal elitists" are looking down on me for whatever reason, and I don't have a lot in common with them so I'm not too comfortable there. But I'm too different to fit in with "regular" people, either. So I'm somewhere in between; somewhere on my own, I guess, when it comes to that classification.

[OrwellwasRight]

35. Only if being in DC and from CA counts as being NE.

Otherwise, no. And I think the correct definition of elitist is:
"is interested in restraining corporate power, cares about the environment, and is not interested in forcing own religious views on others"

[Spirochete]

37. Nope - I'm a

Northwestern secular elitist liberal

[KG]

38. Florida secular elitist ivory tower far fringe leftist.

also a pacifist. anyone got a problem with that will find out what the 'boot up the ass thing' really feels like.

[DS1]

39. Worse, actually

European-expat Northeastern Secular Elitist Liberal who can't vote, doesn't want to apply for citizenship, and STILL complains about the United States :D

[matcom]

45. BASTARD!!

fucking Frog :7

[SOteric]

47. I think you mean

"fucking Euro-trash frog trying to disguise himself as a limey."

[DS1]

57. It's Pistols at Dawn, you!

:argh:

[NewJeffCT]

40. that's me, save the elitist part

I live in Connecticut, am liberal and an atheist... though, I don't consider myself elite.

[SarahB]

41. Probably

Northeastern spiritual-ish Agnostic liberal (not sure how elitist I am though), but I was raised in the midwest in a somewhat religious household.

[July]

42. Yes, and I drive a Volvo, too. Hi. nt

[jonnyblitz]

43. beyond"liberal" here, secular, but too low rent to be elitist. :P nt

[El Fuego]

44. I prefer "godless urbanite."

I'm actually a southeast Florida secular elitist liberal. It's the same thing as the northeastern variety since almost everyone in S. Fl. is from the northeast.

[Spider Jerusalem]

46. Secular, check. Elitist, check. Liberal, check.

Also intellectual, which probably gets me points. But in the Southeast, not the Northeast, which probably also gets me points. Easier to be liberal and outspoken in a congenial environment, after all.

[Huckebein the Raven]

48. I'm a Southeastern secular elitist liberal

:hi:

[MissMillie]

49. Who.... ME?

(She said as she typed the post in from her desk at the Harvard Business School....)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

50. Sort of...but not the elitist part

I wouldn't use the word elitist when speaking of myself...
Northeastern secular liberal is OK.

I've been living in Florida for the last 3 years. However, I lived in New England for every year of my life before these last 3 years. We're going to be moving back to the New England area in 3 months too (yippee!). I just feel like I belong there, and I want to raise my son in place that feels like home to me.

[Wapsie B]

51. Elitist? Yeah I graduated from 8th grade.

But I'm a midwestern devil worshipper myself. :evilgrin:

[FuzzySlippers]

52. Hey, where does your coven meet?

I might want to join.

[Wapsie B]

66. At the OP

in Clear Lake. Or MC. lol

[ghostsofgiants]

53. Well I"m notheastern, secular and liberal.

Dunno if I could be called elitist though, I tend to mingle with commoners quite a bit.

[TahitiNut]

54. I'm a transplanted "latte (mocha, actually) liberal elitist".

:hi:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

56. NSEL checking in!

Do we have a secret handshake or anything?

[Tafiti]

58. Nope.

Midwestern (hopefully not for much longer), atheist, and very liberal. According to the dictionary definition of elitist:

The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.

...that's definitely not me. However, when talking to Repubs, I admittedly do feel intellectually superior at times, but can you blame me? Other than that, definitely not. An "elitist" seems to be diametrically opposed to liberal thought, actually.

[Beetwasher]

59. I Usually Like To Use The Term "Asshole"

Instead. It's more pithy! But yeah, that's me!

[Redstone]

60. And an intellectual. And we own TWO Volvos.

If the Red State Real Americans don't like it, fugg'em.

They can send back the parts of my considerable tax bill (which I don't complain about paying) that go from the Northeast to the South.

Redstone

[VOX]

62. I'm a West Coast, Volvo-driving, book-reading, tweed-jacket wearing...

goatee-growing, higher-education loving, occasional pipe-smoking, left-wing L I B E R A L.

And it ain't easy being smart these days!

Cheers -- :toast:

[KamaAina]

61. Not anymore

not since I left the Northeast, anyway!

[Merope215]

63. I'm from Georgia

but I go to Yale, so I think maybe I count. Hooray! :hi:

[rox63]

64. 3 out of 4

Northeastern? - absolutely

Secular? - Sure

Elitist? - I don't think so. I think "liberal elitists" are a fictional product of the conservative media machine.

Liberal? You betcha!

And I'm a creature a bit more villianized than the average northeastern liberal. I'm a Massachusetts Liberal. I'm even from the northeastern corner of MA. :P

:D :toast: :bounce: :kick:

[fudge stripe cookays]

65. Nope.

A Texan secular elitist liberal.

I know-- you didn't think we had them down here, but I'm here to tell you you're wrong!

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