Another SWM here, I agree about the demonization, but please keep in mind that the fundamental problem is that while we talk of a country where there is equality of opportunity for all, much of it was really, one way or another, for those of European descent, both liberal and conservative. We are in a period when liberals are embarrassed to be caught red-handed with a lot of that opportunity, and now they are desperately trying to distance themselves from all other Americans of European descent, and they are using every tactic they can find to do this even though they are just as unwilling to give up their opportunities for anyone else as conservatives are. I used to openly call myself a liberal and so most of my friends shared my viewpoint, but I remember clearly one day when one of my friends, laughing nervously, told me about the "nice neighborhood" in which she lived with a reputation for conservatism: "It's safe there because all the conservatives have guns under their beds."