Right America: Feeling Wronged

[Steely_Dan]

Look, I'm under no illusions here. I knew that the "right wing" of our country was a little out of touch with reality and that they differ greatly from reasonable thinking Americans. But "Right America: Feeling Wronged" still stunned me. I walked away from this documentary more afraid for our country than ever before. I do not have much faith in our future when I listen to these, these...I don't know what to call them.

They just don't get it. It is this "my country, right our wrong" mentality that I simply don't understand. These are the people that have called me un-American...a traitor. I thought that our right to criticize our country was at the center of what makes us great. Isn't my willingness to expose where we have failed as a people, as a country make me as American...indeed, more American than these brian dead, unthinking ditto-heads?

I'm sorry. I don't think anyone, including Obama, can bring a country together when half of them are this out of touch with reality.

-P

[Warpy]

1. No, there is nothing you can do about a cult

and that's what this is, beyond just steamrolling it.

The good news is that as the economy worsens and more news about the greed at the top comes out, that cult is diminishing in numbers. They're no longer nearly half of us. They've dropped down to about a quarter of us.

That number is still too high, of course, but continuing adversity and bad news about the sainted rich will continue to wake some of them up.

I honestly don't care what the fascist right fees about their place in the universe. I really don't care about their bruised feelings. I just know that trying their policies has been a disaster for the country and 99.9% of the people who live in it and those policies have to be overturned.

Freedom of speech gives them the right to howl in agony as they see all their stupid dogma overturned. However, it doesn't force me to listen.

[Steely_Dan]

I agree...but

They are already blaming Obama for the economy. Have you listened to Rush Limbaugh lately. It is unbelievable. I'm not sure if the "right" is more dangerous out of power or when they are in power.

-P

[Steely_Dan]

2. I agree...but

They are already blaming Obama for the economy. Have you listened to Rush Limbaugh lately. It is unbelievable. I'm not sure if the "right" is more dangerous out of power or when they are in power.

-P

[droidamus2]

3. What they think is..

as far as the rightwingers are concerned this country is close to perfect the way it is. If we just got rid of the progressives, liberals, feminists, gays, intellectuals, socialists, communists, atheists and treehuggers and did things 100% the conservative way why we would have heaven on earth right here in the good old USA. :sarcasm:

[Steely_Dan]

4. Perhaps...

I am as out of touch with reality as they are in that I cannot understand their way of thinking. How does this kind of thinking come about? Why is it so easy for them to abandon reason?

-P

[Juche]

6. Basically they have an overexaggerated fear response

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~hannahk/bulletin.pdf


That is my impression of what motivates them. A high fear response shuts down reason and causes reactionary behaviors like fight or flight.

[tsuki]

9. You forgot the minorities. nt

[Juche]

5. There are huge divisions between independent/moderates & democrats vs. republicans

Whether it comes to opinions on Obama, Limbaugh, creationism, foreign policy, support of Bush, etc. you can put the Republicans on one side and everyone else on the other wrt what they believe. Luckily the republicans are shrinking and won't be able to damage the country as bad as they have in the past.

The fanatacism the show is good because it drives away the wishy washy and moderate republicans. Without them the GOP can't win.

[pretzel4gore]

7. read 'what's the matter with kansas' and realize

the PIG CAN"T LOSE unless we ...kill it!
i sorta like them options

[Juche]

8. I have

The best way to destroy the GOP in my view is to encourage them to become radical so that they alienate the moderates, youth and everyone who isn't a white, married middle aged christian.

[VampyreHunter]

10. former republican

I used to come from the party so believe me....i believe it. hell, i used to be just as whacky as them.

hbo also had two other great docs called "friends of god" and "the trials of ted haggard".

i suggest checking them out.