I would prefer to be judged by my shoes. I saw this on a drive down the FDR on the way to the Brooklyn Bridge, and thought it was funny. I like how it sums up with such concision the combination of tolerance and snobbism at the core of the Enlightenment and modern liberalism.
Thank you for posting. I remembered this ad all these years ago and was looking for the right wording. It’s accurate, but funny now how I read it, which your own comments illuminate.