Liberals and the gray world.

What's everyone's beef with a supposedly 'liberal' media and 'liberal' academia?
They make it sound like the liberal people all join the media and become academics.

Rather than, possibly, that the people who are in the media see a lot and experience things they wouldn't normally and because of that their views become more liberal.

And, maybe, the people who are educated and live in a world of ideas and exploration and questioning have an open mind and find their views becoming more liberal?

Stop acting like being a 'liberal' is something a person is brainwashed into being. Its a valid choice. Just like being a fiscal conservative or a Christian or a person who flies on airplanes.

What's not valid choices are the ones made in fear or based on rumor or the ones that have at their foundation a rebuttal of a 'proof' that is right before a person's very eyes. I mean, you can't keep choosing to believe the world is black and white when its been proven over and over - even in your daily life - that its all kind of gray. Everyone has a story, and if you knew everyone it would open up your eyes. You wouldn't mock the hungry or the unemployed or the naieve or the hopeful or the simple or the complicated. Their story would be your story and you'd understand why they matter. And you'd protect them as best you can. Please do.