Reply #100: And this is why they are so damned dangerous

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What you describe is the guy who is willing crash a plane and kill thousands because he/she believes it to be the will of GOD.

One of my best friends is Republican. Terribly nice guy and progressive in many ways, yet he suffers from what I consider to be the common trait among 'Conservatives' of all flavors: FEAR. Fear of life, death, the other cultures, and anything else unknown. The term itself explains it all. To conserve. To keep things as close to what they know as possible. They also tend to be rather simplistic. No need nor time to examine anything in depth. Hence the popensity for religion and deep faith.

These are dangerous people because they believe themselves right, no ifs, ands, buts, or God forbid, common sense. Our problem is that they have taken over on all sides. A Muslim fundamentalist is no different to me than a Southern Baptist or militant/Zionist jew. They have the power of divine mandate and zero tolerance for conflicting views. They look forward to a life BETTER than this one.

What they fail to realize is that their failure to question makes them perfect subjects. This is what I see in America now. Five or six smart guys feeding us crap, themselves the world, and their subjects are unwilling to question it, dismissing their own doubts with the same simplistic arguments, which are purposely being fed to them. They are willing to loose their freedom and trust their government the same way they trust their God. Questioning means weak faith, not good for getting into heaven.

In summary, Conservatives have no balls, much as they would argue the opposite. Don't get me wrong. They can and will kill us all if we let them, but they can't do it of their own accord. THeir power comes from outside of them.

We on the other hand, are 'liberals' because we don't accept being thought for. We can't unite the way they do because they have an utterly common purpose, whereas we each have our own opinions. We also question everithing, including ourselves.

A zealous conservative would have no problem killing you. You, however, would debate and redebate killing them, even as they are sinking their weapon into your heart.

Folks, I think that this time around we better get mean. The fact of the matter is that WE are the reason mankind evolves. If not for us, the world would still be flat, the center of the universe and there would be a lot more democrats, since people wouldn't live past their thirties.