Clueless,

Mean,

Misguided.

Being fear-driven is what made them mean, clueless and misguided.

8. Pawns

I think that's enough.

if they are misguided?

Your OP concerned the way people vote. I know plenty of people who vote R and I don't think I'd use any of the hateful adjectives I see in your post or most of its replies to describe them.

I responded to a post the other day which made the claim that "the majority of republicans would gladly see us dead or in concentration camps". It also said that they happily say so in public. That's making the claim that around 32 million people regularly say in public that they'd have no problem putting Dems in concentration camps or simply killing them outright. While your OP doesn't quite rise to that level of hyperbole, it does claim that "This is a war for our survival." I'm assuming you mean Democrats in general, and should a republican win the White House we will cease to exist as a party and/or as individuals. That kind of thinking is simply a little too extreme for me. It's almost like the posts after the election in 2008 making claims to the effect that the republican party was drawing its last breaths.

Sure, some who vote republican can be described as you and some of the other posters see them. I try not to over-generalize though and will never give up hope that sooner or later everyone can be influenced in such a way so as to see the light.

That's why I'll stop at describing people who vote republican as misguided and resist the urge to dehumanize them.

Extremism on either side of the political fence is a disaster..reminds me of the angry villagers in frankenstein...

That is very admirable that you believe that. But I think it is naive. I'm sure when Newt was making his list of words to describe Democrats and Liberals, he did not think every Democrat or every liberal was "pathetic and disgusting". It was a propaganda war and they won. They are still waging that war. In this environment, I don't see either Party coming to the table to discuss the issues in a rational and adult manner anytime soon. They would impeach Barack Obama tomorrow if they could. They would destroy SS, Medicare, SS Disability, food stamps, and whatever program that they consider "Democratic" tomorrow, if they could. Yes, they are a threat to our survival. I think we should fight them with everything at our disposal, short of violence. If we can ridicule them, depress them, discourage them, demoralize them, then that is fair game.

I think those hit them where they think they are strongest.

No country for hate filled scum !

For self-proclaimed "individualists" and "real men" they always seemed to feel under threat from everybody. Socialists, Communists, Liberals, Women, Minorities, who are taking their money and playthings away to give to scary poor people. It's funny how these "strong individualists" always clamor for a "Strong Leader" to lead them to safety.

Mr. Tikki was leaving a grocery store the other day when a lady at a table out front
asked if he were registered to vote republican....she could sign him up right there...

He turned to her and said.."I don't vote against my best interests, and ...uh...I don't vote against yours ."

He said she looked sour after that...


Tikki

I understand the unsavory nature of attacking your opponents with such words. But if they are out to destroy you, which I think they are if their policies are passed into law, then I think we have every right to defend ourselves. And I think this is the best way to do it in a non-violent way. They have declared war on us, whether we know it or not.

I believe he meant "wrong" as in republican voters are just wrong.

I guess I am naturally defensive? And I thought he was saying my post was wrong?? If so, I apologize for my misunderstanding.

they are correct, I was answering your question.

They are "wrong".

Like Mitt Robme, he really is the worst. I remember a lot of people thought he was the sane moderate. I wasn't fooled. As soon as I heard about Seamus, I knew he was the worst of the bunch even if we didn't know what else he did at the time. This was before Baingate, before Barbergate, before Troopergate, and before his eloquent Lemon, wet, good speech. Now, there are people that will support this guy for President when most of them wouldn't even want him for a neighbor.

So, I really don't know what to call people that would support that. Like the blind guy I heard on the bus that will support him, even though Robme would surely take away some of his SS benefits. Or the guy next to him that was talking to him clearly not in his right mind who also gets disability and SS benefits that Robme wouldn't hesitate to cut. Or a conservative friend of mine who was in the marines who supports Republicans even though they love slashing entitlements for military personnel. Or some Mexican-Americans I know that would support him because he isn't likely to give any kind of amnesty to anyone including children who were brought here years ago by their parents and know no other way of life.

It is really hard to put into words what kind of people don't just vote against their own interest. I can get over that, but they vote against their children, their families, their friends, and neighbors. Even if you hate Obama, how could you vote for someone that will try their best to eliminate the safety net for millions of people, especially in this economy. It is cruel beyond belief and it is a life and death matter for some people.

Is there a state of arousal where they get a charge out of more and more hate filled, negative anti Obama rhetoric...

Until some are truely unreachable..

Like the ass of a woman I met who was loaned a book at church... (I'm in Canada)

She started off, Obama isn't a Christian! ( didn't say I didn't care abt that).. She followed on that he may be a Muslim..

And he could bring Socialism!!! She was shaking in fear...

I said, "I've had cancer and I didn't have to mortgage the house for treatment..here in Ontario"

She settled right down... But it just shows how some people are easily manipulated..

So how to get through that veil is another problem.

Sure, they would take pride in being described as "true believers", but make no mistake about it. They are zealots.

they are just doing what they are told...no questions asked. Because it's what their leaders tell them that God wants them to do...

But my mind gravitates to a line from a 2001 episode of "The West Wing" that describes Republicans as "right-wing reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun Leave it to Beaver trip back to the '50s"

They think they have the right solutions for the problems this country faces. The free market will solve all the probles. Low taxes on the wealthy will create jobs. The governent regulates too much. They are on some strong stuff.

I've been comparing the Republican Party's relationship with voters to that for years. It's a syndrome that's very real and it's a very specific type of behavior which can apply to all kinds of relationships.

Some other people in the thread have landed around that - "fear-driven," "fear-mongering," etc. - but I do think a lot of it boils down to simply "afraid."

Doing something about that, whether pushing it to demoralize people or trying to address it now and then to calm a few people down enough to stop helping make society self-destruct, is a whole other matter, but I'm pretty much convinced that fear is the main motivator for things in the last decade, possibly the last generation or so.

That one.

cognitive dissonance or dumb

willfullyignorantknuckledraggingmouthbreathingsinglecellbrainedassholes

Willfully ignorant.
Xenophobic.
Unimaginative.
Authoritative.
Rigid (anal retentive)
True Believers.
Fear of complexity.
Fear of change.
Sexually repressed.

To name a few

no respect for the natural life.

self oriented stingy fearmongers

greedy, uber wealthy, blind followers, self-loathing, and Faux-and-Rush zombie-fied.

Not a uniform bunch - lots of diversity (well, at least one kind of diversity)!

Rah Rah sisk boom bah , Don't confuse the issue with facts .Stuff like that.

Voting against their best interest for a better country.

I can usually guess a person's party affiliation by their personality. And guess what.