Reply #10: Sure, I can explain...

[GaYellowDawg]

You just don't get where they're coming from. Let me give you the answers from their perspective. First, let me get a nose clip; I can't hold my nose and type at the same time.

<conservative>

Imagine watching your Lord and Savior Jesus turned into a bloodthirsty, angry warlord rather than a man who advocated helping the poor and practicing peace and forgiveness and tolerance?

Onward Christian soldiers, baby. Praise Jesus and pass the ammunition. The poor will always be with us, it's in the Bible. And forgiveness and tolerance? Nope, there are plenty of Pauline verses to tell you why and how you're going to hell. Especially Muslims, they're all terrorists!!

Your children are suffering

It's Clinton's fault. Besides which, the economy's fine. Haven't you been listening to Hannity?!?

Your elderly are suffering

If they didn't plan for retirement it's their own damn fault. Don't ask me to pay for other people's mistakes!! And they'd be better off if it wasn't for Clinton.

Your neighbor is suffering

No he's not. His credit cards are taking care of him just fine. And if he was, I'll sympathize, but don't expect me to give up my hard-earned dollars to subsidize his failures. I have my limits, and I'm so sick of entitlement programs. And if the economy's in trouble, it's because of Clinton policies. 9/11 happened because he didn't do anything about the USS Cole and he never tried to take bin Ladin out. It's a miracle that President Bush has been able to hold things together after the mess that Clinton left him with!!!

Your soldiers are dying

They're heroes! And even bringing it up damages morale! Why do you hate America? You want us to lose the war on terror!

People are being tortured in your name

We don't torture. The President says so. Besides, what's a little nakedness anyway? Like Rush said, it's no worse than fraternity pranks, and they were probably all terrorists anyway.

People are being killed in your name

As long as it's not Americans being killed, who cares? I just wish we could put liberals over there with the terrorists and kill them, too!!

Your nation's ports will be in control of the Saudis

That's a lie, if it was true, FoxNews would tell us all about it! Besides, the Saudis are the good guys, it's Iraq where the terrorists are from!!

Your nation's money is in the hands of the Chinese

No, the nation's money is coming back into our pockets thanks to the Bush tax cuts!! It's Clinton that loves the Chinese!!

Your nation's reputation is lower than that of Satan

That's BS. Everyone loves America except for the terrorists and the liberals and the French. But who wants a bunch of whiny people and towelheads and snail eaters around anyway? LOL.

You're losing your jobs, your homes, your retirement, your healthcare, your protection in the courts, your privacy, your clean air and water.

My job's doing OK, I can pay for my home, retirement wouldn't be necessary if people could just plan for the future. No one has lost protection in the courts, I dare you to prove it!! And if you're not a terrorist, you wouldn't have to be scared of anyone listening to you. And the air and water are cleaner than they've ever been, Bush and the Republican Congress passed a Clean Air and Water Act, not like the do-nothing Dems!!

Your cities are crumbling

Not in my neighborhood, and if you haven't made life choices good enough to get you a decent home, then I don't care, it's your fault. Don't come crying to me OR ask me for my hard-earned tax dollars.

</conservative>

OK, give me a minute to go throw up...


I'm back. Here's the thing: most Republicans that I know don't think that things are worse, or if they do, they blame it on 9/11 (and yes, many blame 9/11 on Clinton). If they think that things are getting worse, they think that their case is isolated because Sean and Rush and FOXNews tell them that things are just fine and dandy and getting better all the time. You're dealing with a lot of people who are intellectually and emotionally heteronomous; in other words, they're bleating sheep who allow a certain set of people to tell them how they think and feel.