A neo-liberal, Doug? ;-) Well, here's what I envision: One of those really pestiferous individuals who wears Birkenstocks and only natural weave clothing, drinks nothing but organic soya smoothies, grows wheat grass in their kitchen, is aggressively pushy about gay rights, women's issues, Native American issues, Anti-semitism issues, any and all racism issues, and affirmative action-type stuff...and just WON'T shut up about it...and lets you know by their whole contemptuous attitude to you that they are sooooo more righteous and in the know about all that kind of stuff than you are that they really can't be bothered even dealing with you at all, because you'd be better off dead anyway.

If male, the person is skinny and artistic, has a well-trimmed Van Dyke beard and glasses, speaks with a slight lisp, drinks lattes at Starbucks, and is really into modern art and jazz in a big way. He also NEVER stops talking about himself and gossiping savagely about all the other people he knows, who are clearly hopeless idiots. Most of them are neo-liberals quite similar to him, but they're still idiots.

If female, the person has a brushcut (or else she has really curly blond or brown hair in an afro) and she has round wire-rim glasses and wears clothes that look like something a trucker would wear...aside from the sandals. If she's hardcore, it's not sandals, it's old work boots or Doc Martins. She doesn't talk to people like YOU or ME at all because she doesn't even regard us as a form of life...nor does she regard most men as a form of life, in fact. She only votes for the Green Party and she may even be a charter member of Greenpeace. She is organizing a "Take Back The Night" parade for next week. Chances are about 50/50 that she is Jewish. She can spot a single molecule of antisemitism or male chauvinism in an entire acre of freshly mown grass. She makes her own bread, and lots of it. She owns three Burmese cats and lives in an apartment with a skylight.

Am I on the right track here?