They are, of course, against corporal punishment in schools. Children, they know from reading Jean-Jacques Rousseau, are morally superior to adults. Authority is oppressive, a manifestation of the corrupt power relations that prevail in late-capitalist society. Way back in the 1930s, when the young Malcolm Muggeridge went to work at the Manchester Guardian , then as now the leading liberal newspaper in Britain, one of his first assignments was to write an editorial piece on this topic. Unsure how to approach it, he went to a colleague who was typing away at a nearby desk.
Liberals have it so easy.
They always know what to think. It comes in neat little formulas that you can pick up in half an hour. And if you forget what you're supposed to think, pretty much any newspaper or TV station will remind you. For us conservatives, life is more complicated. Now, I know what you're thinking.