Therapist Shocker

Andrew Sullivan posts a hilarious SNOOTY LIBERAL SELF-PARODY ALERT from Salon. Maybe I've gotten too cynical about the left, but I can't quite tell if it is serious or a true parody. Having read the full article, it just seems too over-the-top to be real. The trouble is, I've known people that say things like this. And they seem to go out of their way to point out that they've never listened to Limbaugh, and even to take offense at the suggestion that any civilized human being would. So, by definition, all of their opinions are at best second hand. I wonder if the author has a "Question Authority" bumper sticker? Or maybe, even a tattoo?