What do you dislike most about Republicans?

[undeterred]

For me its the bullshit about "families" and family values. They say one thing and do the exact opposite and yet the people in the party are dumb enough to believe the party leaders over and over again. As if you can support "families" making the fat cats richer.

[Solly Mack]

1. the inhaling and exhaling

Why must they do that?

Why?

I jest...somewhat

[Jim__]

5. That was my first thought. - n/t

[Solly Mack]

Then we both need to work on being nicer people

I'll start tomorrow...you? :)

[lisa58]

28. lol

[raccoon]

2. They believe in a "just world." That what happens to you, good or ill, you must've done something

to deserve it.

[bdamomma]

12. yea, they believe "God" bestowed their wealth upon them

like they deserved it, so sick.

[LakeSamish706]

3. The fact that with there assistance the Bush Administration has all but...

totally destroyed this country would be a fine start for my hate. If it weren't for Denny Bastard and his friends, the Bush Administration could have been taken out in the first year or two of the Presidency.

[brandon47]

4. I don't dislike republicans

I disagree with them.

[Catchawave]

6. Me too, since I'm married to one :)

Welcome to DU :toast:

[Seeking Serenity]

25. Moi aussi! (n/t)

[asdjrocky]

34. My God!

You're married to a Republican? How do you do that without killing each other? And to think, I was actually considering being your pool boy.

[Catchawave]

51. LOL...hey rock !

Yep, two kids are Republicans too (but would have voted for Edwards) and one is an anarchist. Never a dull moment in my house. :hi:

[unpossibles]

16. I used to feel the same way, but eventually got tired of being called a traitor and worse

simply because I believe in a strong society and in true individual freedoms. What's ironic is that I have always been an Independent until this year when I officially joined the Democratic Party because I am so disgusted at modern day Republicans. I could forgive voting for Bush once - everyone makes mistakes. But between the hostile climate and the voting for him again - then changing their minds after the fact - is harder to forgive.

"Fool me once, shame on... shame on me, fool me twice.. won't get fooled again."

[brandon47]

22. I'm new here

but from what I've read it seems the attitude you are describing as having turned you towards disliking republicans in general is quite prevalent here except in the reverse.

[unpossibles]

36. how so "in the reverse"?

I've been here for a few years and have met a LOT of people like me, who have been driven away from the Right because of their actions.

Are you implying that many have been driven away from the Left because of the actions of the Democratic Party? If so, I'll have to politely disagree other than a very small handful of people.

Sadly, I think the so-called Conservatives have done a wonderful job of first getting people to distrust information with memes about how the media and universities and learning are all bad/liberal, then replacing that information vacuum with bad information. In other words, it's easier to lie to people when they won't bother to look for the truth because they've been told the truth is all lies. See: George Orwell.

[unpossibles]

7. It would be nigh impossible to narrow it down to one thing, but I'll go with "Hypocrisy"

which alludes to your point.

As someone said, there are two kinds of Republicans: the extremely wealthy and the suckers who fall for their BS.

I can't stand the overall hypocrisy of them crying about "smaller government" while they are responsible for growth in debt and reduction of liberties. I can't stand how they proclaim to be brave patriots yet seldom are. I can't stand that they crow about religious freedoms yet want to instill a theocracy. They complain about public services, but don't hesitate to use them. They say "love it or leave it" yet are the first to whine about a Democratic leader. They pretend to be for personal responsibility yet always have an excuse and a scapegoat handy.

In short, pretty much everything about them I either dislike or distrust. I used to try to respect them, but they have done nothing to earn that respect, and it has dwindled away to nothing.

[undeterred]

24. well said

I worked with someone who was ex-military who said he could never vote for Barack Obama because he doesn't wear a flag lapel pin... I used the same arguments Obama used regarding this about the Republicans turning their back on veterans, and it got me nowhere.

You could say the same thing about a Christian who wouldn't be caught dead wearing a cross. As far as I am concerned you are supposed to be able to tell whether someone is godly by how they behave, not by jewelry- but by who they are.

[bdamomma]

8. they are not for the middle class nor the lower class or children

or the elderly, they just think about themselves and their power and greed.

[Individualist]

9. their willful ignorance

[liberal N proud]

10. The fact that they refuse to think for themselves

They believe whatever the talking heads tell them

[MrScorpio]

11. My list of dislikes is long and legendary

As Google details

http://www.democraticunderground.com/searchresults.html?domains=democraticunderground.com&q=I+hate+republicans+mrscorpio&sa=Search&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com&client=pub-7805397860504090&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&hl=en

[EnviroBat]

13. They stink like shit.

[CPschem]

14. hands down, it's their inability to use logic and see shades of gray

For instance, they simply can't get their heads around the fact that pro-choice people are typically not pro-abortion. Meaning that pro-choice advocates want to keep abortion safe, legal and RARE. This does not compute to a republican.

Another similar example that pisses me off is when they claim that supporting the troops is contingent upon supporting W's terrible decisions. The "you're either with us or with the terrorists" line drives me nuts.

Similarly it's impossible for them to grasp that a small number of muslims are "terrorists" and not all of them.

[bryant69]

15. Are we talking about Republican Leaders or Republicans in General?

In those Republican's in general that annoy me, it's their quiet assurance that they are more moral and upright people by being Republicans. In the leadership it's the bad ideas they keep foisting on this nation.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[undeterred]

29. Republican voters

I am going to be working on campaigns this summer, and frankly I dread these canvassing conversations. Democrats are baby killers, never mind all the innocent Iraqi civilians our policies have killed.

[FSogol]

17. Their selfishness. One day on NPR during the primaries, they were interviewing

Repubs. One woman, who was probably never more than an arm's length away from snack food was complaining about unnecessary government programs that help the poor. The program she wanted eliminated? The Federal School Lunch Program. She didn't see why HER taxes dollars had to be used to give free lunches to poor kids. Repugs like that are the scum of the worst kind.

[undeterred]

49. They always bring up that there are people who cheat the system-

and I'm sure there are a few who do. But does that mean that the thousands of others who legitimately need assistance should be cut off because of a few who don't play by the rules? Look at all the fat cats who cheat the system in white collar crime and don't think they should have to spend a day in jail for it. Look at Scooter Libby, for God's sake.

[Juche]

52. Which ties into lack of knowledge

Repubs. One woman, who was probably never more than an arm's length away from snack food was complaining about unnecessary government programs that help the poor. The program she wanted eliminated? The Federal School Lunch Program. She didn't see why HER taxes dollars had to be used to give free lunches to poor kids. Repugs like that are the scum of the worst kind.

Chances are good she has no idea how much the school lunch program even costs

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/NSLPFactSheet.pdf

$8.2 billion in 2006. Considering that the federal budget was 2.7 trillion at the time, that means 0.3% of all federal taxes went to that program. So a middle class family (making 50k a year) may pay a whopping $30/year into it.

And there is ample evidence that adequate nutrition improves learning, cuts aggression and delinquency, is important in dealing with and preventing mental & physical illness. I'm sure that $8.2 billion saves far more than that in higher costs due to a higher dropout rate or higher crime rate.

[FSogol]

56. At double the cost, it would be money well spent. n/t

[BonnieJW]

18. Lying, deceit, hypocrisy, greed, laissez-faire attitude,

pompous, arrogant, malicious, sadistic.

[El Pinko]

19. The callousness towards those less-well-off.

Of course there are some repugs who aren't that way, and I know a few rich libs that are pretty indifferent to the plight of working-class and poor people.

But that's it in a nutshell.


When people start spouting "family values" crap to me, it just makes me feel sorry for them that they are such simple-minded, gullible and ignorant fools. I don't have friends like this and spend as little time as possible with family of this sort.

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

Their Service to corporate interest

[mrreowwr_kittty]

20. Their lack of empathy for people in unfortunate circumstances

Homeless people want to be that way. The poor are lazy. All public assistance should be cut off, except to enrich greedy defense contractors and bail out failed companies natch. Despite the fact that welfare "reform" was passed in the 90s and millions were thrown off the rolls, these numbnuts will still claim "I can't vote Democrat because I don't like people being on welfare." :banghead:

[undeterred]

31. the world ends at the end of their noses

and they never imagine that they could end up in that situation

[VP505]

21. Real easy, can be summed up

in one word "EVERYTHING".

[Ishoutandscream2]

23. There's so much. I would have to say total lack of empathy

The only way to change a Republican's mind about something like, say, the funding of AIDS research, for example. A Republcan would probably be totally against it, until someone close (like a family member, or perhaps himself) contracts it. As long as it only happens to the other person, they can usually care less.

[lisa58]

26. they lie while they smile

[Javaman]

27. ignorant self righteousness. nt

[lpbk2713]

30. Willfully ignorant.

Talking about the general populace here, not those in elected office. The vast majority of the rethugs in office are thieves and liars.

But the general populace of goppers won't admit the truth of the corruption and ineptitude of their party when it is laid out in front of them just as plain as the nose on their face. It probably has something to do with drinking all the Kool-Aid they get on RW Hatemonger Radio.

[InvisibleTouch]

32. Their war on the environment.

And "dislike" is too mild a term. Try loathe, despise, detest, and you'll get a little closer.

[stillcool]

33. Greed

[Echo In Light]

35. Their followers "believe them over & over again" because their rhetoric is loaded code for...

Various types of prejudice and contempt for non-conformists, minorities, women, and other "undesirables."

[Warpy]

37. Probably the moral smugness

combined with their readiness to consign the rest of us to hell.

[zonmoy]

38. the blatantly sociopath behavior while pretending to be good

followers of god. made me figure that either they are sociopaths, god is a sociopath, or both are true.

[SpiralHawk]

39. Their covert, occult anti-Americanism

Support for an AWOL deserter and his VP sidekick Dickie "Five Military Deferments" Cheney, support for the obvious WMD lies, trashing of the economy & environment that our children and grandhchildren will depend upon, etc.

But "hate" is not what I feel. It is profound disappointment in their willing ignorance, back turning on facts, and suck-up of right-wing propaganda. In all of this, they evidence what I regard as behavior that is anti-Constitution, anti-conservative (real conservative), and ultimately because of that, Anti-American thought and action.

[AlphaCentauri]

40. Should I list all of them?.... their hate is one of them.

[Jed Dilligan]

41. The echoes of Nazism,

especially the "stabbed in the back" rhetoric against liberals and pacifists.

[Juche]

42. I don't know where to begin

I have strong distaste for GOP policy and leadership, even though a good number (not all though) of republicans are decent people. But not all liberals are decent people either.

The hypocrisy grinds me. Everything they claim to stand for (tax cuts for the middle class, strong national defense, individual liberty, balancing the budget) they are the exact opposite on. Their policies (deregulation, letting the USD value slip, cutting federal taxes so state taxes increase, ignoring healthcare & college expenses, starting wars that drive up fuel costs, etc) increase taxes & expenses on the middle class. They are openly hostile to the constitution and groups like the ACLU. They have ruined our national defense by destroying our reputation and dragging us into an unnecessary war. They are the main cause of deficit spending. But people still believe their false statements.

The attitude of "I got mine, everyone else fend for themselves". I know republicans who think social programs are evil, except the ones they benefit from. Those are ok. That is a very immature attitude. I don't intend to have kids, but I don't mind paying taxes for education.

The lack of knowledge is bothersome too. In all my years, I have met very few diehard republicans who could have an intelligent debate about the issues. Almost everything they believe the GOP stands for falls apart with superficial research. Maybe I'm debating the wrong ones (maybe I'm debating the extremists, I don't know). But I haven't met many rational republicans with well thought out opinions. I'm sure they are out there, I just can't seem to meet them to discuss the issues. I'd sincerely like to meet some because I want an intelligent discussion on the issues because I'm sure I can learn something new that way. But so far all I get are people who parrot false talking points that can be disproven.

The fact that they are in bed with bigots bothers me. Whether it is xenophobia against blacks, latinos, gays, muslims, atheists, etc. Fear and disgust with outsiders is a major engine they use to drive up votes. Those people then vote to make economic life harder for the rest of america.

The hostility towards science, multiculturalism and intellectualism bothers me.

The way a party of draft dodging chickenhawks gets to call veterans like Murtha or Kerry traitors and wimps. And their base eats it up. That disgusts me. '

The criminal corruption. The way they politicize the justice department, try to suppress voters, lie about war, cover up the Sibel Edmonds case (this is a dem & GOP job though, waxman does his part on this), etc.

Reviewing the other posts, It seems like there are alot of common threads (the anti-intellectualism, hypocrisy, cruelty towards the less fortunate, bigotry, poor leadership, etc).

[Mountainman]

43. They lie 24/7!

[DCKit]

44. The EGO.

I always thought they were sociopaths, but it's the ego. They have no balance.

[KansDem]

45. They caused my language to become extremely foul...

I mean, when this whole mess started, I would say something like "Well, I'm shocked that..." or "This latest development makes me acrimonious!" But when GOP scandal after scandal is piled higher and higher, and when GOP hypocrisy is soooo thick you can cut it with a knife, and when the GOP corruption flows like a tsunami, "shocked" and "acrimonious" just don't cut it anymore. Now it's just...

FUCK YOU, GOP!!!

[Johonny]

46. Lack of facts in their arguments

They simply ignore facts and scientifically established theories because they clash with their personal beliefs.

[klyon]

47. it's the little laugh and smile when you try to give them real facts

I am very prejudice toward Rethugs, I know it is wrong but I can't help it. I believe they have mess-up a great country.

[SidDithers]

48. Their voting habits...nt

Sid

[LiberalEsto]

50. Their hateful smugness nt

[lonestarnot]

53. Oh just about everything, and particularly their smell.

[defendandprotect]

54. Their aggressiveness --- authoritarian instincts ---

Their violence --- warmongering --- lack of about every human trait that is desirable ---

[undeterred]

57. Warmongering.

How have they survived?

[depakid]

55. Willfull ignorance

and stupidity.

Many of these folks are simply incapable of reasoning with actual facts.

[walldude]

58. How about a picture

Any questions?

[goodgd_yall]

59. Their black-and-white thinking

For example, the extreme positions on "rule of law." It seems to be the most distinguishing characteristic of the Republican party. Unfortunately, though, I see it reflected in some of the viewpoints of Democrats too, but I think they are Democrats with political-identity issues.

[RT Atlanta]

60. they smell like Corn Dogs

n/t

[undeterred]

61. ...

:rofl: :rofl:

[Amonester]

62. they R convinced they R perfect

while it makes them arrogant a-holes

AND:

they think their "principles" R "the perfect solution"

while, in fact, they R "the perfect problem"

[RedCappedBandit]

63. Oh man, I could go on forever..

For the purposes of this thread.. i'll say its the way they never have any idea why they even say the things they do.

Ever argue with one of these morons?

"I think I'll vote McCain in 2008"

"Why?"

"I dunno.. i'm just not voting for Obama or Clinton"

"What do you like about McCain?"

"I dunno.. he's not a pussy"

etc etc.

:banghead:

[Aviation Pro]

64. Their smarmy smugness.....

...and how they curl up in a fetal position when they are confronted.

[magellan]

65. What's to like?

They've destroyed our country, though they don't know it yet. Or maybe they do and prefer it this way.

All I know is this is no longer the America I was taught to believe in, and while both parties have had a hand in her death, Repubs led the way. There's no forgiving or forgetting for that.