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In reply to the discussion: What is it about conservatives that make them so Gawd Damn Mean? [View all]ErikJ
(6,335 posts)26. "Tough love" is their excuse
They believe that the liberals are "enslaving" the poor minorities by keeping them on the government "plantation" with government dependency. THey believe they need to learn to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, get a job and go to church, etc. They will actually say the liberals hate the poor and want to control them for their votes. Then when you ask them why you dont think they should get free or affordable health care they say that health care is not a right or some other other excuse.
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I totally agree, gravity. All...every single one.. of the right wingers I know personally is scared
loudsue
Dec 2013
#19
I was actually just reading a piece by Slavoj Zizek discussing this anxiety you speak of.
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#9
They are hoarders consumed by the fear that someone else is happier than they are.
winter is coming
Dec 2013
#5
They have become reactionary... that is, they don't merely resist liberals, they do the opposite.
reformist2
Dec 2013
#8
Not just unthinkingly attack new ideas, but wishing to go back to a past utopia that never was....
YoungDemCA
Dec 2013
#10
an "anyone can achieve anything" versus a "there but for fortune go you or I" view of the world
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2013
#22