My dad worked as an accountant for the Orange County government

Hmm

brought out the contrarian in me.

Could you describe how much of a piece of shit you're in a few words?

I recall being especially horrified by the vicious attacks on supporters of Prop. 8, the California referendum banning same-sex marriage.

So much for the tolerant left

I worked at a family-owned frozen yogurt shop that gave me my best lesson in microeconomics and the costs of excessive regulation as well as the value of immigrants.

Man, those guys really extrapolate their lives to the rest of the world, it's a brain disease

Also, bragging that you spent your life writing opinion pieces after your high school reporting journalist days isn't the own you think it is (you're the one being owned btw), like why should we care about your opinion then?