Love Me, I'm a Liberal

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"Love Me, I'm a Liberal" is a satirical protest song by Phil Ochs that critiques the hypocrisy and inconsistency of self-identified American liberals during the 1960s.

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Love Me, I'm a Liberal canonical 2
Love Me, I’m a Liberal 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf protest song
satirical song
song
accompaniment acoustic guitar
associatedWith New Left
surface form: American New Left

anti-war movement
civil rights activism
composer Phil Ochs
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Phil Ochs
criticizes lukewarm opposition to the Vietnam War
moderate liberal positions on civil rights
performative progressivism
describedAs satirical protest song
genre folk
protest music
satire
hasCulturalImpact frequently cited in discussions of liberal hypocrisy
performed in political and folk music contexts
hasForm strophic song
hasPerspective left-wing critique of liberalism
hasReception regarded as one of Phil Ochs' signature protest songs
hasTheme Vietnam War opposition
civil rights movement
hypocrisy of self-identified liberals
inconsistency between beliefs and actions
influenced later political satire songs
intendedAudience American liberals
language English
lyricist Phil Ochs
mainSubject 1960s American politics
American liberalism
political hypocrisy
movement 1960s protest movement
American folk music revival
surface form: American folk revival
notableWorkOf Phil Ochs
partOf Phil Ochs' protest song repertoire
performer Phil Ochs
various contemporary folk singers
politicalOrientationCritiqued liberalism in the United States
recordedBy Phil Ochs
timePeriod 1960s
usesLiteraryDevice first-person narrative voice
irony
sarcasm
workType vocal music

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Phil Ochs notableWork Love Me, I'm a Liberal
Philip notableWork Love Me, I'm a Liberal
subject surface form: Phil Ochs
this entity surface form: Love Me, I’m a Liberal
documentary film "Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune" featuresSong Love Me, I'm a Liberal
subject surface form: Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune