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Brief

Jim Quinn’s "Quinn’s Laws of Liberalism," reposted by @pa_coyote94151 on 2026-07-31, is a 28-point manifesto that characterizes modern liberalism (often equated with Democrats) as intellectually dishonest, reality‑averse, and politically opportunistic. The list repeatedly accuses liberals of preferring intentions to outcomes (Law 9), treating facts as enemies (Law 6), silencing debate rather than engaging in it (Law 12), and exhibiting selective respect for law and democracy when outcomes suit them (Laws 22–24, 26). Several laws allege economic harms—most notably Law 3 on an inverse relationship between wealth and Democratic governance and Law 27 on a pro‑tax bias—while others frame liberalism as ideologically insular (Law 20) and hypocritical (Laws 2 and 7). The overall claim is that liberalism systematically produces consequences opposite its stated aims.

Why it matters

Author @pa_coyote94151 reposts a 28-item list titled "Quinn’s Laws of Liberalism," attributed to the late Pittsburgh talk‑host Jim Quinn, posted on 2026-07-31.

Key details

  • Several laws assert liberals invert their stated goals and reject reality: Law 1 claims liberalism "always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent," Law 16 says liberals view the world as they think it should be, and Law 18 says liberals have "replaced reality with their ideology."
  • The list accuses liberals of hypocrisy and opportunism: Law 2 recommends watching what liberals accuse conservatives of, Law 7 asserts "it’s different when you are a Democrat," and Law 13 calls them crisis opportunists who "can never let a good crisis go to waste."
  • Specific policy/economic claims include Law 3 (wealth in an area is inversely proportional to number of Democrats running it), Law 25 ("great at giving away other people’s money"), and Law 27 ("have never seen a tax or tax hike they did not like").
Source evidence

For many years the late Jim Quinn was a conservative radio talk show host in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Over the years he developed his Quinn’s Laws of Liberalism a compilation of observations that define most modern liberalism and impact on society.

A magnificent collection that is shockingly accurate:

Quinn’s Laws of Liberalism

  1. Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent.

  2. If you want to know what liberals are up to, pay attention to what they accuse conservatives of.

  3. The amount of wealth in any given area is inversely proportional to the number of Democrats running it.

  4. Liberalism only succeeds when the public is scared into believing that it will not survive without it.

  5. When liberalism conflicts with reality, reality must give way.

  6. Facts are the enemy of liberalism.

  7. It’s different when you are a Democrat; things conservatives are condemned for are merely résumé enhancements for liberal Democrats.

  8. A liberal is any person for whom two thousand years of human experience and history mean nothing now that they are here.

  9. To liberals, intentions are more significant than the outcomes they achieve.

  10. Liberals never think what they are doing is wrong; they only think they haven’t done enough of it yet.

  11. Profiling is what groups call bigotry when they have a problem they don’t want to talk about.

  12. Liberals do not engage in debate; they try to silence you. If they engaged in debate, they would lose.

  13. Liberals (Democrats) are political opportunists; they can never let a good crisis go to waste.

  14. Liberalism is based on unproved and/or disproved theory.

  15. To a liberal, every culture is unquestionable and of equal value, except the West’s.

  16. Liberals view the world the way they think it should be, not the way it is.

  17. Being a liberal is the art of standing on one’s own head and telling the rest of the world that they are upside down.

  18. A liberal is someone who has replaced reality with their ideology.

  19. To a liberal, the definition of a great thinker is someone who can journey as far as possible from reality and make it look like they used some kind of sound logic to get there.

  20. Liberals suffer from intellectual inbreeding and become extremist because of having to think only in the proverbial liberal box and not being able to stray from liberal dogma.

  21. Hate speech is any speech a liberal does not agree with.

  22. Liberals love democracy unless it does not go their way.

  23. Liberals love the law unless they do not agree with it. Then they just do not obey it.

  24. Every time a liberal tries to fix something, someone somewhere loses their job.

  25. Liberals are great at giving away other people’s money.

  26. Liberals like the courts unless the decision does not go their way.

  27. Liberals have never seen a tax or tax hike they did not like.

  28. Liberals only see capitulation or an apology as “blood in the water.”