Sounds like the OP is ashamed of his lineage. What happened between the early 90's and now to make liberals into such elitist snobs? This didn't used to be the norm.
I used to behave the same way. I couldn't wait to get out of Ohio (my family is from the south and we used to spend a lot of time there). I eventually made it to New York. I'm still fairly liberal but I don't associate much with the people here unless it's business related. I work in the theatre and film community here and believe me, the snobbery is thick as molasses. Anybody from outside of Manhattan (or the GOOD parts of Brooklyn) is a hick. They're mostly white and only have friends of color who are cool (i.e. wealthy or connected). Someone asked me where I worked for a day job and I said the Bronx and they looked at me like I said the sewers. They don't like religious people here, either unless it's something exotic that they can fetishize. Jews are okay if they wear baseball caps and act like Jerry Seinfeld but wo be to the one who wears a yamulka or (G-d forbid) look Hasidic.
All they do is talk about how screwed up everybody else is while holding wine glasses or lattes and never actually do anything. My favorite time of year is tax time, when they all scramble to get out of paying "their fair share". They bitch all year about how they're proud to pay taxes and would pay more if they could but about 2 weeks before the deadline, all I overhear at bars, restaurants and parties is people trading accountant recommendations as if they were acupunture therapists.
And yet I continue living here. Why? I love it here. There are good people here just like in Ohio, just like in the South. And come to think of it. I wouldn't be here if my white trash, unsophisticated,not-having-anything-to-do-with-the-theatre parents didn't slave away at their respective crappy jobs.
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