Look, Ma! No Hands! And by “hands” I mean “reasonable explanation for any of my beliefs.”

Remember those rebellious twenty-somethings whose lifeblood is the rejection of their parent’s beliefs? Don’t worry about them, because after a few years of tried opinion in the crashing waves of real life, most of these young people will seek again the warm milk of their mother’s… tradition.

And even if they don’t, you can bet that they won’t be critically considering their thoughts.

Instead, these politically minded egotists will be watching Michael Moore documentaries or Fox News where they’re bottle fed partisanship with supportive (if not fanatical) formula, to be burped later around all their friends so they too can smell the stink. It is this regurgitation of the memorized, offensively biased “facts” on anyone who will stand their “brilliance” that gives them away. These self-appointed political savants incriminate themselves in the chastisement of the other side for being foolish, extreme, and ignorant. 

Unfortunately, for many of these political prodigies, utensils and potty training are a few too many insufferable years away.

Note that these people are careful throughout not to reflect on themselves—careful not to realize their own fanaticism. What would we do if it came to that, a world full of realistic people with an accurate self-image?