It seems like so many DUmmies and liberals in general seem to be depressed. This brings up the question in my mind, are they depressed because of their beliefs, or are they drawn to liberalism because they are depressed?
I can imagine if I was a liberal there is plenty of reasons that their beliefs would depress me. For example when one is looking for an outside source to provide every need for them and to guide them in every decision in their life without them having to actually do anything, one would be depressed just because their life sucks so bad. Instead of going out and trying to better their own lives they sit at home and gripe that there aren't enough freebies. That is a recipe for depression if you ask me.
For those who are depressed already, they seek out a belief system where nothing is their fault, and someone else is responsible for fixing them. Once again they have to do nothing for themselves.
So maybe it is a combination of the two. I know some conservatives suffer from depression and go through tough times, but the difference I see is the conservative is willing to do something to try to change it, not just sit there and demand that someone else do it for them. For example one of us loses our job, we may go through a brief period of being down, but we quickly start thinking of ways that we can find another job, maybe start a business, or whatever. We don't sit at home and demand more and more unemployment benefits year after year. If we do take any of the benefits we only do so while trying to find a way to return to independence.
