Why is the right wing always so scared?

[sheshe2]

Scared. Terrified. Trembling in their boots. Jumping at shadows. They stockpile weapons and 'aim' to use them or so they say. They are going to stand up to all those lefties. TO ARMS!


The others, the foreigners, the none white, those Mexicans, Native Americans, Jews, LGBTQ, AA and Muslims are going to defile your womens and take away your religion. They are going to take your jobs. Oh and speaking of women, yup, they are terrified of them as well since they refuse to STFU and do as the menz say. They are uppity and they fear their uppitiness.

How are they going to do all this while hiding under their bed in fear while clutching their cache of guns. Revolution my ass.

Remember the crying Nazi snowflake?

[Eko]

1. Because the GOP uses fear.

And fear is like a drug, the right wing ends up needing more and more of it.

[sheshe2]

3. The GOP opioid crisis is fear itself.

They need to seek help.

[Patterson]

2. Ignorance. Ignorant people are fearful.

[sheshe2]

7. Yep.

Sums up the GOP base perfectly. No wonder they want to cut funds for education. They want their base stupid and breed their spawn to follow in their parents footsteps.

[dflprincess]

5. There have been studies that claim that in conservatives the amygdala is larger

than it is in liberals. And as this link says:

http://brainmadesimple.com/amygdala.html

When you think of the amygdala, you should think of one word. Fear. The amygdala is the reason we are afraid of things outside our control. It also controls the way we react to certain stimuli, or an event that causes an emotion, that we see as potentially threatening or dangerous.

[Hortensis]

18. :) The OP enjoys absurd overstatement, but this and Garrett's post do

point to both stronger influence by fear and a typically darker view of human nature as being intrinsic to conservative personality. Add to that greater natural, knee-jerk opposition to change and what is different -- in an era of enormous changes and increased differences.

Those must all have been useful survival characteristics through millions of years, but they're dysfunctions now. They can be brave and altruistic (among their own) as anyone with good leadership, but their leaders and media have been influencing those vulnerable to be the worst possible versions of themselves.

?resize=768%2C591

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

27. That's pretty interesting.

[Garrett78]

6. It seems that genetics offer a partial explanation. An interesting Hidden Brain episode:

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/654127241/nature-nurture-and-your-politics

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Many go to churches that preach of a vengeful God to be feared

That’s the type of authority figures that they relate to. Love and compassion and empathy are symbols of weakness and femininity to them
Real men are mean and tough and cruel and to be feared and obeyed

[Roland99]

9. Two words: Threat Seekers

[Initech]

10. Fear and rage are their two primary weapons.

They break them down, then make them angry. It's how religion works

[mcar]

11. They used fear throughout W Bush's term too

Then it was terra, terra, terra, now it's immigrants!!11

These are the same cowards who need to carry a weapon to go grocery shopping. WTF are they so afraid of?

[bitterross]

12. Neurological studies on this have some answers

It seems the fear system of these people runs in the foreground far more of the time than the higher brain.

Trump just uses this to his advantage.

The thing about this is, there is no easy way to really turn them around. They are wired this way. They could be changed if they wanted to and wanted to work at it. Just as addicts (of all kinds, from over-eaters to meth-heads) can change.

They don't think they have a problem so they're not going to try to change.

[BruceWane]

13. Fear is perhaps the most powerful tool

Republican strategy has been to convince people who already feel vulnerable due to limited wealth, education, and job skills the the "others" are coming to take *everything* from them.

Rather than work to help people feel less worried about their lives by providing the support systems that would let people feel like they won't be living on the streets if one or two things go wrong in their lives, they do everything they can to exacerbate the fear that comes from living paycheck-to-paycheck with no real backup.

Republicans cultivate the disease of fear so that they can then convince the infected that they, and they alone, are the cure. Because they, and they alone, offer the kind of brutish solutions to the sources of this fear that seem like a strong, sure, immediate elimination of the "other".

It gets the republicans votes. It gives them the power they need to do what they want. And when they fail to actually address the "others", fail to alleviate the fear, they blame it on the democrats - they say they need even MORE power to eliminate the threat of the "other".

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

28. That's interesting too.

Welcome to DU. Please keep posting your thoughts.

[Blue1963]

14. I have come to the conclusion...

That they are frightened the left will do to them what they want to do to us.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. That is my conclusion about HRC. They were about to reap what theyd sown

for 30+ years to a woman who they wouldn't have chosen for country club arm candy. I always thought she was beautiful. From the day she tried to make healthcare her project as FLOTUS to the last time I saw her on TV. Kindness is sexy in my book.
She HAD to act repub to get elected. Honestly the most moderate dem I ever voted for for president. But, she was about to uncork a big jug of whoop ass. Just my take on it. Welcome to DU.

[Quixote1818]

15. Studies show conservatives are driven by fear

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

[woody44]

16. Thanks to this post

it has helped me somewhat answer the question that I walk around muttering to myself constantly........."what is wrong with these assholes?"

[sheshe2]

23. You're welcome...

and welcome to DU!

[MrScorpio]

17. Giant amygdalas!

[ck4829]

19. Scared of the future

[ck4829]

20. Scared of change

[ck4829]

21. Scared of the 'other'

[Vinca]

22. They need to rename the party the "Shit Your Pants" party. Grand Old S.Y.P.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. left out their biggest fear

Maybe I read it too fast, but it seems to omit their biggest fear: Women who are not subservient. As one trumper told me, "We can't have a woman running the United States!"

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. Because their brain functions stop at the brain stem.

[budkin]

26. Because they know their time is coming to an end

No matter how much they fight to stack the courts and suppress votes, the end is about to wash over them. They fear and hate change, the same way they fear the end of white male dominance over the earth. They are terrified.

[redstatebluegirl]

30. Because it is in the midst of the death of white privilege and with it their party.

It is dying and they know it, they can't imagine not being "in charge", of brown and black people being "in charge". That is why they are so angry. They are dumb fearful bigots.