I just don’t understand it. Apparently, the Right Wingers...

[Viva_Daddy]

- don’t want 30 million more people to have healthcare.

-want an Insurance Company CEO to decide when they can see a doctor and what kind of treatment they can have.

-think only white people have the right to be President.

-want a rich white man, who hasn’t a clue of what it is like to be poor or even middle class, to be President.

-want to vote for a man who lies and who will change positions on a dime just to “satisfy his base”.

-want a President who was “a pioneer of outsourcing”.

-want a President who thinks his wealth and tax returns should be secret.

-want a President who will not reveal the sources of his campaign funds.

-want to hamstring unions and pass “right-to-work-for-less” laws in every State.

-think gun ownership is a more fundamental right than voting.

-want to continue to subsidize oil companies, an industry already the richest in history, but doesn’t want to subsidize clean “green” sources of energy like wind and solar.

-want a Vice-President who claims to worship both Ayn Rand (an atheist) and Jesus Christ.

-want to put grandma on vouchers and cut VA funding for injured veterans.

-want to cut taxes for people who are already rich AND cut budgets for teachers, firefighters, police officers, libraries, and schools.

-want to believe George W. Bush was a great (but misunderstood) President (if they remember him at all).

I could go on and on but I've run out of steam (for now).

I just don't understand it. Can anyone explain it to me?

[elleng]

1. No, inexplicable.

[calimary]

2. I don't understand it either, Viva_Daddy.

I don't know how those things can be viewed as somehow desirable. Just don't see it.

[Zoeisright]

3. They're stupid. If they're not stupid, they're evil.

And they're mean, greedy, selfish, and cruel.

[Freddie]

4. Because they want "their country back"

Translation: they want the black guy with the funny name gone and they would vote for Satan if that's what it takes.

[reformist2]

5. It all starts with a target of hatred, usually a liberal. The rest follows naturally.

Whatever the hated liberal supports, they believe the opposite. The more reasonable we become, the more insane they get. It's not conservative, it's not even reactionary. It's completely perverse.

[jberryhill]

6. FDR and JFK were both "rich white men"

They were both from fabulously wealthy families.

It's not about being "a rich white man". It is about understanding others, and, more importantly, understanding what the "rich white men" like Romney are all about, and why it is harmful to the people of this country.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

7. Trust Me, The Analysis Never Gets That Far

Here's all you need to know about right-wingers: they consider politics a sport; they picked their favorite team, and now all they want is for "their team" to win so they can walk around saying, "We won!"

They vote for the letter R next to the candidate's name and NOTHING else.

[socialindependocrat]

10. Maybe it has to do with Nascar...

They're so used to watching things run around in circles that they

naturally got attracted to the Republicans.

Sorry to all you Dem Nascar fans - Obviously you haven't been affected in the same way.

[B Calm]

8. They don't want Obama taking their guns

away, those gay people getting married, and women killing their babies. But the real reason is Mitt is running on the magic R platform.

[Skittles]

9. there's no need for the word "apparently"

this is what conservatives believe

[alittlelark]

11. Nice. Well thought out grouping of RW idiocracies

...yeah, I know it's not a word, but it should be.

[Prophet 451]

12. It's tribalism

Now, you can divide conservatives into two groups: The thinkers and the followers. The thinkers are the ones who come up with these ideas. Mostly, they come from a canine fidelity to whatever the corporate class wants. For the followers, it's tribalism, plain and simple. They picked their side and they're determined that their side should win. They espouse all the views you cite not because they're convinced that they would work but purely because liberals oppose them.

[Confusious]

13. free market = god

If the free market doesn't will it to happen, then it can't.

because god said so.

[oldhippydude]

14. it pretty much started big time with Newt

his contract on America... every since that year (94) the Republican platform has gotten more conservative, and demanding of party unity... it is now to point where it makes little sense, and is internally inconsistent.. its impossible to advocate these views and maintain any relation to the truth

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. " Can anyone explain it to me?"

I can.

Rule #1 with Conservatives: Never admit you are wrong.

By extension: All Liberals are wrong.

So, if a Liberal says it's "bad" it must be good. If a Liberal hates someone he must be great. If the Liberals get pissed at something someone says it needs to be repeated for the laughs of watching them scream. If a Liberal says something is stupid it must be brilliant.

Get it now?

[Jamaal510]

16. You forgot the part where wingnuts think it's okay

to spend money on several pointless wars, but it's wrong to move towards universal health care.

[harmonicon]

17. Ok:

"- don’t want 30 million more people to have healthcare." - No, they just don't care if anyone other than them has healthcare, and they don't want a single dime of "their" money going to give others healthcare.

"-want an Insurance Company CEO to decide when they can see a doctor and what kind of treatment they can have." - Again, they just don't care about the health and well being of others. They're rich enough to see any doctor they want almost whenever they want.


"-think only white people have the right to be President." - Duh! Actually, those in power don't really think this. They don't care about someone else's race at all, because someone else isn't them. What they do care about is keeping the poor divided, and if spreading racism will keep the poor from uniting against them, it's worth it.


"-want a rich white man, who hasn’t a clue of what it is like to be poor or even middle class, to be President." - Of course they do. One thing I'd point out here, however, is that you thinking there is a middle class in the US is a tremendous victory for their propaganda machine.

"-want a President who was “a pioneer of outsourcing”." - Duh. Profit = good.

"-want a President who thinks his wealth and tax returns should be secret." Well, yeah. They also want the details of their wealth to be secret.

"-want a President who will not reveal the sources of his campaign funds." - see above.

"-want to hamstring unions and pass “right-to-work-for-less” laws in every State." They want to destroy all unions. Unions = less profit.

"-think gun ownership is a more fundamental right than voting." - No, they just don't give a shit. What was it Obama said last time? Something like, "these people are so demoralized that they cling to guns and religion." It's like the racism thing. They don't really care about guns, voting, or any rights, for that matter. Guns have just become a good marketing tool for keeping the poor divided.

"-want to continue to subsidize oil companies, an industry already the richest in history, but doesn’t want to subsidize clean “green” sources of energy like wind and solar." - Subsidies for the industries you already own = more profit.

"-want a Vice-President who claims to worship both Ayn Rand (an atheist) and Jesus Christ." - No, they just don't give a shit. He could say that he worships a shoe box, a lamp, and a taxidermic cat, and they'd vote for him if it meant that the poor stay poor which = more profit.

"-want to put grandma on vouchers and cut VA funding for injured veterans." No, they want to completely destroy medicare and the VA.

"-want to cut taxes for people who are already rich AND cut budgets for teachers, firefighters, police officers, libraries, and schools." - Yeah... see basically all of the above.

"-want to believe George W. Bush was a great (but misunderstood) President (if they remember him at all)." - Will remembering him = profit? If not, fuck it. They could care less.

What don't you get?

[pansypoo53219]

18. BUTBUTBUT GOVERNMENT IS BAD! 1984!!!! SAINT RONNIE!!!! WELFARE!!!!! BLACKS + MESKINS STEALING OUR

AMERIKKKA!!!

[King_Klonopin]

19. Vive le difference?

I have always seen the ideologies as dichotomous:

Conservative / Liberal

Exclusion / Inclusion
Shameless / Shame-based
Bullies abusers / Bullied victims
Authoritarian / Authoritative
Projective / Introspective
Aggressive / Passive (as in pacifist)
Yin / Yan
Conformist / Non-conformist
Rigid (black-and-white) / Open-minded (grey)
Resistant to change / Open to change
Homogeneity / Diversity
Legalistic, Moralistic / Humanistic
Concrete (unable to tolerate dissonance) / Abstract
Dominance / Governance
Pharisees / Sadducees


Which group is more likely to accept the differences of the other?
Which group is more likely to fear and despise the differences of the other?

To what type of person does conservatism appeal?
To what type of person does liberalism appeal?