Monday, April 23, 2012

Earworm of the Day: Phil Ochs - Love Me, I'm a Liberal




It's hard to find critiques of the left from the left, though it's really a critique of a certain kind of privileged liberal: white, college-educated, middle-to-upper middle class who professes to have moved beyond their "isms." (The same people who claim not to "see color.)  Phil Ochs's "Love Me I'm a Liberal" is shockingly accurate, even today -- with, of course, a few cultural updates.

The full lyrics are here .

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