In David Brooks’ article “Fly the Partisan Skies” (2004), he mocks the often wholly ridiculous, bimodal stereotypes which conservatives and liberals hold of each other. Brooks elucidates these absurd political prejudices by creating an analogy in which each party represents an airline (“Liberal Air” and “Right Wing Express”) equipped with all the extreme stereotypes (“moral vanity used as a personal device”, “Hummer-brand planes”) associated with each party. Using overly-exaggerated stereotypes in order to divulge the arbitrary and wholly unnecessary nature of bipartisan animosity, Brooks urges conservatives and liberals alike to re-evaluate both their negative views of each other as well as their justifications for said views. Brook’s immediate
