Republican pigheadedness.

[Dinner]

Now I know that this trait is not confined to jusr Republicans and that ignorant people come in all shapes and sizes but I have noticed a worry sum pattern which seems to be deeply embedded in the neo-con mind. I'm assuming it's just the people who listen to to much Rush Limbaugh and Mike Regan but why on Earth do this pigheaded idiots have to insist that everyone who isn't a Republican hates America and is secretly trying to destroy democracy?

Taken at face value everyone can see what true idiots these people are but still this gets my dander up. Like today I was spending time at another web forum which I shall not name, but suffice it to say it is a rather right wing set of forums, when the owner of the forums said something like Any Democrat who says he loves America is lieing. Now, being a Democrat I of course became angry at this statement and attempted to reason with him by pointing out his hasty generalization. What resulted was a big flame war after which I decided to leave the forum rather then continue to be around such ignorance.

What is it that fills so many right wing conservatives with hate for anyone and anything which is different from their own narrow political beliefs? I expect this type of illogical and unthought out behavior from people who's forum motto is "F*ck France" but still it irritates me. Has anyone else had this problem?

[MrFun]

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damn, never mind.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I was spending time at another web forum which I shall not name, but suffice it to say it is a rather right wing set of forums

Can we guess it?

[Dinner]

I can think of some very good things about the Republican party but this Rush Limbaugh everyone else is evil and hates America bull**** needs to go. It's totally untrue and totally malicious.

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Republican pigheadedness.

Originally posted by Oerdin
why on Earth do this pigheaded idiots have to insist that everyone who isn't a Republican hates America and is secretly trying to destroy democracy?

"Naturally the common people don't want war...That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

--Hermann Goering.

Says it all, IMO.

[Imran Siddiqui]

So a quote from a Nazi makes a point .

What was that quote from Mussolini again .

[GePap]

Well, i would not say "neo-cons' being the problems, speically since most neo-cons are ex-liberas. It is the more common type of uber-conservative.

And yes, that issue is being contantly brought up: just look at books, the worse liberals do is call conservatives are "stupid" (Moore) or "liers" (Frankel), while conservatives call liberals criminals "Treason" and "Slander" come to mind.

I think the "core conservative mindset", which is "we are defending what is right, how things should be now" is more prone to then attack its enemies as "evil" than the "core liberal mindset" which is "we are tryin to create a better tommorrow, aiming for what is best": people who don;t see the better tommorrow are to be seen as idiots and fools who are shortsighted. Now, this is a generalization: plenty of liberals are prone to assauting conservatives as nazi racists kilers, but they are more of a fring than the conservatives who call liberals evil commie murderers.

[Boris Godunov]

Certainly it makes a point, Imran. If you want the public to support a war, accuse anyone opposed to the war of being a traitor. Isn't this exactly what the neo-cons like Limbaugh, Savage and Coulter are doing?

[Ming]

Gee... "some" Republicans are pigheaded...
Gee... "some" Democrats are also pigheaded...

Your point... yawn....

[Zero]

What is it that fills so many right wing conservatives with hate for anyone and anything which is different from their own narrow political beliefs?

isnt that what being a republican is all about ?

[DinoDoc]

Re: Re: Republican pigheadedness.

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Says it all, IMO.

Sorry, Boris. Invoking Godwin's Law this early in a thread just isn't within the bounds of propriety.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Ming
Gee... "some" Republicans are pigheaded...
Gee... "some" Democrats are also pigheaded...

Your point... yawn....

All mods are pigheaded.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Isn't this exactly what the neo-cons like Limbaugh, Savage and Coulter are doing?

Only if Limbaugh, Savage and Coulter could be considered Neo-conservatives, which I doubt they would. Maybe Coulter, but that'd be streaching it.

[GePap]

It's not a matter of pigheadedness: it is a matter that it is becoming all to abhorently common to see conservatives attack liberals as unpatriotic in way liberals DO NOT attack conservatives, and everyone just say "oh, trogledites will be trogledites".

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Re: Re: Republican pigheadedness.

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Sorry, Boris. Invoking Godwin's Law this early in a thread just isn't within the bounds of propriety.

Except I didn't invoke Godwin's Law. Nowhere did I call anyone a Nazi. Just because one uses a quote that makes a valid point that happened to be said by a Nazi doesn't invoke the law.