Why is it ALWAYS right-wingers who start shit in public?

[VOX]

(Note: I posted this in another thread, but it was buried; thought I'd toss it out here on its own.)
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They open their yaps FIRST every time, usually to someone who isn't white/Christian. They have no filter, or capacity to feel or imagine what another person might be experiencing when they start in with their shit. They are just compelled to rage away, no matter how nutty and intrusive (and blatently racist) their comments are. I've lost count of the number of videos and news blurbs I've absorbed about Trump voters who go after food servers, students, women (anywhere), peaceful demonstrators, etc. with everything from foul mouths to loaded weapons.

Engaging strangers in a confrontational or threatening manner and blathering paranoid, xenophobic streams of consciousness used to be hallmarks of insanity. The only people who did that were emotionally imbalanced and needed psychiatric help.

But now? They form the base of a major political party. And those party members like to repeat (ad nauseam) that "liberalism is a mental disorder"-- they even project their craziness onto others. WTF!

[delisen]

1. Liberalism is a mental disorder. Jesus had it.

[gratuitous]

2. I think they spend so much time yakking online with each other

When everyone's agreeing, and everyone's having a good time trashing the dumb libruls, they figure their arguments are air-tight, and it never occurs to them that others will stand up for themselves.

[Initech]

3. Their minds have been warped by too much AM hate radio and hate religion.

And most republicans - if their media diet is as toxic as their actual diet, if Alex Jones and Donald Trump are any indication of their followers, they eat a lot of shit, and watch and listen to a lot of shit. So when you put those two things together, it creates a cycle that I like to call "shit for brains". And when you have shit for brains, that is one of the side effects you get is taking your anger out on others.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Rage drunk.

Plus i think many of them are having trouble adapting to the 21st century, which is everywhere once you go out in public.

[beam me up scottie]

5. They're bullies. Remember the bullies who used to beat up smaller kids in school? They grew up.

And now that they have someone in the white house that validates their bigotry and paranoia they feel even more entitled to bully others.