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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:16 PM Feb 2021

Is there a doctor in the house?

I am confused. The GOP is the Party of law and order, and the Party that loves the flag. They tell us so constantly. So when we all saw the Trump inspired seditionists beating up Capitol Hill police, using flagpoles with US flags still attached, my brain cannot reconcile the rhetoric with the reality.

Does anyone have a suggested remedy for my cognitive dissonance inspired headache?

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Is there a doctor in the house? (Original Post) guillaumeb Feb 2021 OP
Not a doctor but I am sure about this: Marie Marie Feb 2021 #1
Thank you. guillaumeb Feb 2021 #2
That was pre 2016. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #3
True. The GOP stands for power. eom guillaumeb Feb 2021 #4
I recommend two shots bourbon twice a day until the headache passes jmowreader Feb 2021 #5
Nice. guillaumeb Feb 2021 #6
Their rules don't apply to them Clash City Rocker Feb 2021 #7
Very true. guillaumeb Feb 2021 #8
My advice is to avoid the morons SheltieLover Feb 2021 #9
Logic and reason does not apply KT2000 Feb 2021 #10

Marie Marie

(10,001 posts)
1. Not a doctor but I am sure about this:
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:22 PM
Feb 2021

You are not the one with the cognitive dissonance - they are. Now take 2 aspirins and call me in the morning.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
2. Thank you.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:25 PM
Feb 2021

The level of hypocrisy is amazing. The fact that many GOP voters TRUMPet their values in the face of their own contradictory behavior TRUMPs any claim to moral high ground.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,228 posts)
3. That was pre 2016.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:26 PM
Feb 2021

They didn't even bother with a Party platform this year, because whatever Trump does/says is what they stand for.

jmowreader

(51,376 posts)
5. I recommend two shots bourbon twice a day until the headache passes
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:28 PM
Feb 2021

It is best administered in a room with photos of Joe Biden, Jill Biden and Jen Psaki on display.

Clash City Rocker

(3,541 posts)
7. Their rules don't apply to them
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:35 PM
Feb 2021

The rules are for minorities, poor people and Democrats. That’s why, when they say “law and order,” they define it as giving cops the right to shoot black guys, but not the right to stop them when they’re beating a cop to death with a fire extinguisher.

KT2000

(20,797 posts)
10. Logic and reason does not apply
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:45 PM
Feb 2021

to the the GOP. They are using non-linear warfare that Putin loves so much.

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