how I measure up to emerging stereotypes

Tony Jones writes

"Every Monday, the right page of the USA Today OpEd page is on religion, and I’ve been wondering when they would publishing something about the emergent movement. Well, yesterday, they finally did. (HT Steve Knight on the EV Blog) It’s a good, hopeful article with lots of quotes from Rick McKinley, the pastor of Imago Dei in Portland (whom I admire).

But what really caught my eye was this paragraph:

Writer Scot McKnight, a supporter of the movement, says emergents are seen as “a latte-drinking, backpack-lugging, Birkenstock-wearing group of 21st-century, left-wing, hippie wannabes. Put directly, they are Democrats.”"

So I thought I'd see how I measure up.

Mark Riddle's Emerging Stereotype ScoreCard:

Latte Drinking - I don't drink lattes. I'm drinking more and more tea though.

Backpack lugging - Guilty. I carry a 5 year old backpack, but only because I can't afford another means to get my laptop around. I'd love a Timbuck2 messenger bag, but they are $150.

Birkenstock - Never owned a par of Birks.

Left Wing - uh.. no.

hippie wanna-be - uh no. I live in the suburbs for goodness sake.

Democrat - I've always been registered republican and have only voted democrat three times in my adult life.

Conclusion: I must not be an emergent according to this stereotype.