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Why are Republicans such dicks?
« on: April 11, 2022, 05:06:30 PM »
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Star Member Cyrano (13,396 posts)
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Why are Republicans such dicks?

I've been asking this same question here on DU for many years. And the answers are becoming ever clearer.

The majority of us are average, and somewhat "normal" human beings. Today's Republicans represent and attract a minority of people who do not hold most of the same values/morals that the rest of us do. They don't view the world, or reality, the same way that most of us do. Want some examples?

Okay. Here are the beliefs of many (most?) of them:

O They are against abortion for any reason, including rape, incest, or the life or age of the mother.

O They are for the death penalty.

O They want no restrictions on gun ownership.

O They are against any LGBTQ lifestyle, against gay marriage, and would make "alternate" lifestyles" a crime.

O They don't want people reading the "wrong" books. Book burning is fine with them.

O They want their children to believe the "correct" version of American history.

O They want America to be a "Christian" nation by their definition of "Christian."

O They believe that violence is necessary to obtain their goals.

O They have no problem with labeling all "others" as "Thems."

O They believe that any white "Christian" who deviates from their dogma is a "Them."

O They believe that cruelty towards any and all "Thems" is fine.

O They don't want any "Thems" voting.

O They don't believe in free and fair elections.

O They don't believe in the rule of the majority.

O They don't believe in democracy.

O They don't believe in the America that the rest of us long for.

O They are dangerous and deadly.

O They are fully capable, and ignorant enough, to destroy all life on the only planet we have.

Those are some of the reasons that Republicans are dicks. And please, add more reasons, disagree, or whatever.

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GrapesOfWrath (474 posts)

2. Their authoritarian natures

they just love to wield power over others. Creeps

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Star Member LakeArenal (21,390 posts)

4. I don't think it's that deep.

I think they are power hungry contrarians.

It’s all about owning Dems…

I believe if we were anti choice they’d be pro.

If we we corrupt thieves then they’d be “true” Christians.

If we hated the others, they would love them.

If we co-opted patriotism, they’d be all constitutional.

Edit to add: The deeply dangerous part is it, too.

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maxsolomon (27,139 posts)

8. Remember, this is the vast majority of American White People, including White Women.

It's the ideology of racialized privilege.

The War in Ukraine has brought some things about American Conservatism into focus for me; namely, the paranoia that is a fundamental part of the the Conservative mindset.

Russians see the West as actively trying to destroy their culture and nation. Liberal ideas are a "contagion"; colonized, conquered lands are "by right" part of Russia.

Likewise, Conservatives see Liberalism as actively trying to destroy their culture. Attacking their (Christian) religion and morality, telling them what they can and cannot believe, and what they must tolerate.

They are defined by this victimhood; your list is what they'll do to defend themselves against the future.

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Cosmocat (13,787 posts)

20. Going on a half century of unabated gas lighting by "coservative" media

AM radio for the longest time, then Faux News and now the internet.

They spent all this time telling white people they are:

1) The greatest of all patriots
2) The greatest of all christians

At the same time telling them they are embattled victims against the evil liberal boogyman.

Going back to the 90s, they TRIED to put a veneer of policy to it, it was bullshit, but they focused grouped tight talking points and had every talking the same talk.

But, post 9-11 they got lazy, they just made everything about them being the only ones who can keep us safe, then after they milked that enough to get W reelected just started doing nothing other than blaming shit on the libs and dems.

Once they crossed the rubicon of virulently casting THEIR FORM OF HEALTH CARE as the greatest threat the country faced in its history, they literally had nothing other than spewing hatred about BHO, Pelosi and Dems, which led to their zombie base completely devolving into loving support of TRump, and now the miniTRumps that are popping up like golemites.

Along the way, the completely brain washed, as you noted, the vast majority of white people, including white women into this bizarre dystopian view of them as victims, and that any and every crazy ass thing they do, including knowingly and resolutely working to destroy our democratic system is fully justfied because ... LIBERALS!

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Mad_Machine76 (22,311 posts)

10. What I don't get about them

is that they are so wrapped up in what other people are doing with their own personal/private lives. Most of the people I know IRL don't spend nearly the amount of time they do endlessly obsessing over kids' genitals, who somebody is bedding down with every night, what's going on with somebody's reproductive systems. Most people I know are spending most of their waking hours at work and/or caring for their families. How do Republicans have the kind of time that allows them to worry about the aforementioned things?! For some of them, their whole careers are tied into fighting the aforementioned things and it just makes me wonder how or why that sort of stuff brings them happiness and fulfillment. That stuff is purposely harming other people. How can they feel good about that stuff?!

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NCDem47 (1,692 posts)

12. It's in their DNA.

When you're raised in that enviroment (you know, white, Christian, straight) born on second, third or homerun bases, they simply can't fathom why others others are so bitter and resentful of their "place." There's the Country Club Republicans and the Wal-Mart Republicans. All that seperates them is $$$$.

It's greed and power. Not a compassionate, sypathetic or empathetic bone in thier body.

Very, very low emotional quotient. They get theirs and want NO ONE coming up that ladder behind them.

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Star Member Cyrano (13,396 posts)

13. It seems that Republicans thrive on hatred

What normal human being loves to spend their time hating? It makes one wonder if there's something wrong with them either mentally or genetically.

Think about that for a moment. Spending much (most?) of your time hating something or someone. How can that not injure you? How can that not diminish you? How can that not damage your very existence?

I really have no idea why people would open themselves up to the concept that in damaging/destroying others they would not damage themselves? Self-hatred? A death wish? Who knows?

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Star Member d_r (6,595 posts)

14. I believe

That their mother's followed a rigid schedule in formula feeding them rather than breast feeding on demand. This was the recommended practice a few generations ago an ng conservatives who believed that feeding babies on demand would spoil them. The babies learned that the world was unpredictable, unresponsive and basically scary. Combined with an authoritarian parenting style in which the parents used power assertive discipline to regulate children's behavior through force. My way or the highway and I'll give you something to cry about. They learned to mind to avoid being punished but learned to be sneaky. They didn't internalize a sense of right and wrong because the source of morality was external to them: the punishment of their parents and eventually the wrath of the evangelical God. So, they would behave to avoid being punished but if they thought they could get away with it they did. Ethics are what you do when no one is watching, and for them if they believed no one was watching they thought they would get away with it. Through their fear they learned to resent those who had an actual moral anchor and learned to feel better about themselves by making fun of them. They are xenophobic because they have learned the way to feel better about themselves is to degrade others. The smug hypocrisy is their attempt to display their virtue to their fellow tribe members for external validation. Their thinking becomes so compartmentalized and fear driven that they do not even recognize their own inconsistencies and hypocrisies.

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Star Member mcar (38,400 posts)

29. Umm, wow

I bottle fed my babies and, yeah, got them on a schedule as soon as I could. They are nothing like you describe here.

But sure, blame it on bottle-feeding mothers.

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24. You might be painting with an overly broad brush here

I don't think you can claim, with any accuracy that all Republicans are against abortion for any reason. As far as being against any LGBTQ lifestyle, you have the Log Cabin Republicans. I could go on with this critique, but I will let a few examples represent many. From my own experience, I see Republicans shying away from the Republican Party of today. These are good people, people you might like as neighbors. But the pendulum has swung too far for them. Many have noticed that Trump tends to admire Putin, and while there are many Republicans who inwardly, and amongst themselves, praise him for this, there are others who back away from this sentiment. I believe that both sides should be open to those on the other side who share common values of humanity.

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Star Member Cyrano (13,396 posts)

28. Note than in the OP I said many (most?)

I didn't say "all."

But any halfway decent human being would have, years ago, run from the Republican Party as they would from a plague.

Of course there are varying positions on abortion and people are entitled to them. What they're not entitled to is to impose their beliefs on others.

And please spare me the Log Cabin Republicans. There's something seriously wrong with any of them that still claim to be part of the GOP.

And, as for that pendulum swinging too far, we're on the threshold of Fascist America if they win/steal the congress this year.

One final thought. If you want to defend whatever it is the Republicans call their "agenda," please explain exactly what their agenda is, aside from hatred, venom and evil. And if that sounds blunt, you bet it is.

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34. I guess I was blind-sided by the title: "Why are Republicans such dicks?"

... and skipped right to the bullet points. Thanks for the lesson on the importance of careful reading for comprehension.

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41. A couple more points!

- Republicans' resentment of "others" who win is founded in the belief that because life is a zero sum game, when others win, republicans lose.
- The end always justifies the means because...power/money rules.
- Appearance matters more than substance.
- Three word memes distill everything to its least common denominator (which also appeals to the masses, supports transaction rather than process and compromise, and doesn't require a verbose explanation).
- Republicans are lazy. They don't know how to govern and don't care about learning. They just want to make decisions on behalf of everyone else and keep their jobs with the perks and status.

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Re: Why are Republicans such dicks?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2022, 05:08:27 PM »
Why are all democrats either pedophiles, pedophile curious, pedophile groomers, or trying to make child predators mainstream friendly?
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Re: Why are Republicans such dicks?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2022, 05:17:25 PM »
Why are all democrats either pedophiles, pedophile curious, pedophile groomers, or trying to make child predators mainstream friendly?

Because normal adults won't date them more than once.  :yahoo:
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Re: Why are Republicans such dicks?
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2022, 06:12:22 PM »
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2. Their authoritarian natures

they just love to wield power over others. Creeps

Blue state Governors and Mayors would like a word with you, idiot.
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Re: Why are Republicans such dicks?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2022, 12:17:07 AM »
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Why are Republicans such dicks?

I've been asking this same question here on DU for many years. And the answers are becoming ever clearer.

What becomes clear to you, makes no sense to actual thinking people.

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The majority of us are average, and somewhat "normal" human beings. Today's Republicans represent and attract a minority of people who do not hold most of the same values/morals that the rest of us do. They don't view the world, or reality, the same way that most of us do. Want some examples?

You're right. Republicans and conservatives don't view the world or reality the same as you do. They view things as they actuallly are, not as they wish them to be like you idiots.

Heres a couple examples: MUH RUSSIA. "Trump collusion". "Trumps crimes." Those are perfect examples of you assclowns viewing things as you *wish* they were, instead of how they actually are. And that runs the spectrum, too, from the lowliest DUer to the installed president, and all the affirmative action asshats in between.

 
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"O They are against abortion for any reason, including rape, incest, or the life or age of the mother."

Someone has to speak for those who can not speak for themselves, and it certainly wont be done by you or yours.


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"O They are for the death penalty."

So are you assclowns, when you're honest. We've seen you and yours wish death on we and ours numerous times, for simply disagreeing politically. When the J6 bs led to one guy committing suicide, you ****stains cheered because he was one of us.

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O They want no restrictions on gun ownership.

"Shall not be infringed" means something, and it doesn't mean "infringe to your hearts content".

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O They are against any LGBTQ lifestyle, against gay marriage, and would make "alternate" lifestyles" a crime.


BS. Live your alternative lifestyle. You wont be passing your genes on to the pool, which is perfectly fine with me, as well as with nature. Nature selects out it's mistakes that way. And yeah, marriage is between a man and a woman. You assclowns swore up and down that civil unions would be fine, and you lied. **** all the way off.

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O They don't want people reading the "wrong" books. Book burning is fine with them.

Read what you like. Don't groom kids or try making them your little activists and we wont have much of a problem.

Beyond that, how many DU threads about DUers going into book stores and covering up conservative authored books with leftist authored books, or just plain hiding the conservative books period, would you like me to link to? There have been many over the years. I remember threads about Dinesh, Hannity,  and Peter Schweizer right off the top of my head, and numerous others which I do not recall the details of.


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O They want their children to believe the "correct" version of American history.

Why wouldn't we want our kids to learn the correct version of history? You assholes want to teach "America bad", and make kids feel bad because of their skin tone for things they have nothing to do with, and actions which happened literally generations before they were born.

Again, **** all the way off. Twice. Then give your balls a tug and see if you can help them drop.


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O They want America to be a "Christian" nation by their definition of "Christian."


Yeah, and you ignoramus types want America to be secular by your definition.


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O They believe that violence is necessary to obtain their goals.

Hey, shitstain, who said this:

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

See january 6 for an example of those who make peaceful revolution impossible.


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O They have no problem with labeling all "others" as "Thems."

Just like you do to republicans and conservatives. Do the terms 'gun nut' or 'ammosexual' ring any bells? How about when you try to 'other' an entire political party by calling it racist for literally decades on end for reasons that actually have nothing to do with race? Or the latest: GQP.

All you're doing here, is accusing others of what you yourself along with the DU board and democrat party do.

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"O They believe that any white "Christian" who deviates from their dogma is a "Them.""

And you believe that any black person that dares have views which don't mirrror yours is an "uncle tom", you incompetent racist ****.


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They believe that cruelty towards any and all "Thems" is fine.


That's right, and we learned it from you. Get ready, we're coming for your asses in 22, and we're going to kick you to the curb and have all kinds of fun investigating your side, for a change.

Because **** You, just like you were saying to us when President Trump was in office. You should have cared then but you didn't.

Now it's too late to complain. You made this bed, and we're going to make damn sure you sleep in it.


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O They don't want any "Thems" voting.

Let me know when WE start boarding off observation windows, falsely claiming plumbing problems, and shutting down multiple polling locations simultaneously in the middle of the night leading to an unprecedented flip in votes which is against your candidate, wont you?


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O They don't believe in free and fair elections.

Says a member of a board, and political party which has been insisting that an election was stolen from them for over twenty years now.

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O They don't believe in the rule of the majority.

Nope. We believe in the tyranny of the majority, just like the framers did. Beyond that, you misfits only believe in majority rule when it benefits you, and hate it with all your being when it doesn't. Does CA proposition 8 ring a bell?

Yeah. Have a nice warm glass of shut the **** up.
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O They don't believe in democracy.

Because we don't live in one, stupid.

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O They don't believe in the America that the rest of us long for.

Because the "america the rest of us long for" looks like a country somewhere between canada and north korea, the land of the freebie and home of the bravenak, rather than the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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O They are dangerous and deadly.

It is both our right and our duty to be so. Force is the only thing you and yours respect. Which is why you want to get all the guns.

Say when, assholes.

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O They are fully capable, and ignorant enough, to destroy all life on the only planet we have.

And yet we aren't the ones that have trouble defining what a woman is. 

Beyond that, "WE" don't have a planet. "WE" have a nation. Nothing more.  When the framers created this nation, they intended it to be a free nation where individuals have rights and governments were very restricted in how they could interfere with those rights, unlike almost everywhere else.


If you don't like freedom, don't like governments which are forced by law to respect it, if you want to be a "world citizen", renounce your American citizenship and get the **** out.  We're better off...far better off...without you or your elected idiots messing around with things you don't understand, trying to turn this nation into something which the framers never intended it to be, pushing government to use its power in ways the framers never would have allowed, for which they may very well have hung you, one after the other, from the neck until dead.

Think long and hard about that before you open your mouth to complain again, DUmbass.
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Re: Why are Republicans such dicks?
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2022, 08:49:39 AM »
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... the land of the freebie and home of the bravenak ...

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