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In reply to the discussion: I'll never understand people who take the actions of Snowden as a personal insult. [View all]quinnox
(20,600 posts)And these two elements can be present and often are, in the same individual. Authoritarian types always will back "authority", not just in this, but on other topics as well. It is a clear and obvious pattern. Why they do this, well, personally, I think it is genetic, and hard wired in their brains from birth. I have noticed this phenomenon and I would estimate 70-80% of the general population is like this. The "sheep", who almost always will place trust in authority, with no questions asked. The ones who aren't born with this mindset are always in the minority, and can even be uncommon to rare.
On the other hand, the Obama hard core people think its all about Obama (always) and anything negative or that makes Obama look bad, well, they hate it. And so their reaction is based more around personality. They don't really care about the issue, just that if it is putting Obama in a bad light. (whatever the issue happens to be)