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The American strawmen sometimes fall into one of these categories (see [[Political Stereotype]]):
# Liberal. An [[New Age Retro Hippie|aging hippie]] who refuses to believe his movement is dead, a [[Straw Feminist]] who loathes anything with a Y chromosome, a [[Malcolm Xerox]] who thinks [[Everything Is Racist]], a self-righteous hipster (or [[Bourgeois Bohemian]] if they're older) who worships Michael Moore and is utterly convinced of his/her own moral superiority, or an insane environmentalist who will do anything to further his crazy agenda. Invokes First Amendment protection whenever people try to [[It's Not Porn, It's Art|censor pornography, no matter how graphic and/or obscene]], yet wishes to purge all references to [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|violence]] from our media.
# Conservative. A sneering, racist [[Good Ol' Boy]] who's seriously behind the times and is morbidly obese, a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who only wants money, or a strict [[The Fundamentalist|Fundamentalist]]/televangelist (bonus points if they're evangelical or Mormon). Takes the opposite stance to the Liberal regarding Censorship and the First Amendment: wants to protect [[Violence Really Is the Answer|depictions of violence]], but [[Sex Is Evil|calls for the banhammer on any work where people kiss a second too long or reveal even the slightest amount of skin]].
# Libertarian. An insane survivalist with a stockpile of guns and supplies who smokes copious amounts of marijuana, or a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who obsessively follows [[Ayn Rand]], a snotty rich WASP teenager who thinks he's a member of the intellectual elite after reading Heinlein and Rand, or an overzealous activist who spams Internet message boards with ads for [[Ron Paul]]. Worships either [[Ron Paul]] or [[Ayn Rand]], one or the other, never both.
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