Marquette Warrior has a funny video up from a guy who asks really stupid college students why Wal-Mart is Evvvillll.  The funny part about that particular video is that he finds out that many of those very same college students who think Wal-Mart is awful, actually shop there... because they have to apparently.  But that really doesn't answer the real question.  Why do so many liberals, who don't shop at Wal-Mart, hate Wal-Mart so much?

I think one reason is because they hate poor people.  And by "they", I mean liberals, not Wal-Mart.  Wal-Mart loves the poor.  Rich liberals hate them.  Many of the most ardent opponents to Wal-Mart are rather affluent people, and also liberal.  They're filled with all sorts of liberal guilt, but that doesn't mean they like those they supposedly help.  I mean seriously, when was the last time you were in Wal-Mart?  There are poor people everywhere!  They're not dressed in the latest fashions.  Some of them are overweight.  They're buying cheap stuff that you wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.  Ugh!

And in case you think I'm out of my mind here, I've actually had conversations with liberals who believe that.  They hate going to Wal-Mart because they see some obese person in a motorized cart rolling down the aisles buying chips and ice cream, and it disgusts them.  But as is the case with many differences between liberals and myself, while I find that image to be unpleasant and sad, I wouldn't outlaw the store to keep it from happening.  I personally don't shop at Wal-Mart very often because I prefer to buy higher quality goods, but that doesn't mean I don't think it should exist.

In some ways I think it's similar to the attitude that many rich white people have, where they don't have a problem with diversity, as long as you don't try to marry my daughter.  They don't mind poor people, as long as they don't have to see them.  But here is a store, where they might want to shop, where they have to see these people everywhere.  Why do you think so many people fight tooth and nail when a Wal-Mart wants to build in their neighborhood?  Dear God, it will be like a magnet for poor people.  I'll drive by that store, and I'll see them everywhere!  Oh the humanity!

Wal-Mart provides jobs for many people who might not be able to get one.  Wal-Mart also sells cheap stuff that people wouldn't normally be able to afford.  Wal-Mart is full of poor people, because it helps poor people, and that's a good thing.