What makes a GOPer ?? What Fears do they harbor that drives them to DELUSION??

[opihimoimoi]

They reject Sanity, Truth, Reason, Logic, Clarity, etc and cling to urban myths/propaganda/etc

what makes them do that??

[stubtoe]

1. Here's a good article in the Stone about that (or at least the Tea Party syndrome)

Tea and Crackers

[opihimoimoi]

5. Yup, delusion allows for crazy and strange behavior....not very good for GOOD GOV'T..is it??

[Andy823]

2. Well...

They are the kind of people who believe the BS, in other words they are gullible, and when they are scared, and that's what the right does, scare people, they tend to buy into the BS that republicans can "save" them from all the evil things, like taxes, Muslims, liberals, and socialism! Most of them are older people who let fear take over. My mother in law is like that. She has always been a republican, but never really what I would call crazy or radical, then she started to listen to Rush, and she went over the edge, big time! When people let others think for them, and when they listen to the same propaganda day after day after day, they really do become brain washed! Rush, Fox news, and of course for the real crazy bunch Glen Beck, do a great job of brain washing anyone who is dumb enough to listen to them day after day. The right knows this and that's why they let these idiots get away with so much, they know their followers are going to do what they are told to do, and they want those votes. If Rush says vote for one person or another, they do it. If Beck says anything they believe it, and that's the way the right likes it! Gloom and doom work great in politics and religion!

[opihimoimoi]

3. When all else fails....don't they knows they on the losing side of the equation...poor odds

Compared to the entire US Population....There is only few that subscribe to the GOP Plan/pledge/planks....of poor quality....

For whatever reason....they act, talk, walk with DELUSION and will fight tooth and nail to defe3nd their Delusion....

There has to be ways to lower the Delusion Factor...

we can do it if we try...

[andym]

4. people who have strong beliefs will not face up to strong contradictory evidence

--this is true of most people and not unique to die-hard Republicans....

[opihimoimoi]

7. The Incentive to Change Dept is currently underfunded and back burnered

[stray cat]

6. Fear of dems who hate them or think they are better than them and fear of stupid things dems do

[opihimoimoi]

8. Phobias of Being Wrong...they will not change due to inability to EAT CROW

would that work?? LOL

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. they like to vote for rich people who take all their money?

Lemmings?

[opihimoimoi]

13. Lemmings ?? but of course...they think they will get rich by voting for the rich

[treestar]

10. they fear failure and poverty

so they are desperate to believe that it is in their control to avoid that.

[opihimoimoi]

14. Yup...I can go w that :o)

[boppers]

17. Yeah, that's pretty close to the GOP'ers in my family.

They figure that if the boogymen get their way, the boogymen will make them poorer and more desperate than they already are.

The boogymen change from election to election (gun nabbers, commies, gays, women wanting equal rights, peaceniks, liberals, elites, latte drinkers, immigrants, etc.).... but there's always an underlying motivational factor of fear.

[opihimoimoi]

22. 5 Star answer :o)

[kentuck]

11. They trust their Party without question...

much moreso than Democrats, in my opinion. It doesn't have to even make sense. They believe Democrats are immoral and dishonest and their side is right, no matter how much proof is put in front of them.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Then they are reliably delusional...?

[kentuck]

19. Very much so...

almost religiously.

[opihimoimoi]

20. Truly scarey....we must find a way to mitigate

[Exilednight]

12. What makes a GOPer? Lack of critical thought. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

16. Alas, LOCT...also, lack of class and lack of empathy

[Odin2005]

18. Fear and Hate.

[opihimoimoi]

21. Thye old village mentality....alas...

[Johnny2X2X]

23. Blame someone

It's really about blame. They look around and see a World they are not happy with and rather than try to change it they'd rather blame someone or something for their own personal difficulties. Blame Liberals, Blame immigrants, Blame Obama etc. etc.

What's sad is that they've been led to vote and organize against their own interests.