Why do you dislike the Republican Party?

I dislike them because they start wars, cut social/education benefits, ignore environmental science, and they don't support everyone's civil rights.

Why are you concerned when Republicans win elections?

Can you be more specific?

Evil is pretty universal and not at all a buzzword. 'Evildoers'...on the otherhand, is a buzzword.

EVIL - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil

In case you need some help recognizing evil.

Abortion, gay marriage, free love, taxes, etc. They think these things are evil and destructive.

A really big difference is knowing the signs of evil...something Repukes are clueless on (or pretend to be). They 'embrace evil'...sorry if that doesn't make sense to you. It is just how the world works.

Evil is an opinion, like yummy or gross. Evil is a veil our minds place over situations, objects, or life forms. It's a reaction to stimuli.

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I really have to? You can't find a zillion examples throughout history?

EDIT - I don't like Republicans because the embrace evil. Simple as that.

Okay try this one out - by your line of reasoning, Adolph Hitler's idea of killing millions of Jews was just his opinion on how to fix Germany. Are you saying what he did was not evil? Is that your opinion, since there is no such thing as evil?

EDIT - I take it the cat has your tongue?

Evil, delicious, sexy, rude, etc., are all reactions based on opinions.

Our emotional reaction to the Holocaust is real, but our reactions are based on opinions. We hold the opinion that killing and torture of innocent people is repugnant.

Consider the nukes dropped on Japan during WWII. Some DUers think this was evil, and some think it was good. Neither side can prove its point because the killing of innocents is neither good nor evil.

another problem is evil kind of has a religious overtone to it.

I can't believe I am having this conversation.

side is embracing evil.

From your wiki link, and thank you for providing a link showing you are wrong:
"Evil is the intention or effect of causing harm or destruction, usually from the perception of deliberately violating some moral code. Evil is usually seen as the opposite of good. The philosophical question of whether morality is absolute or relative leads to questions about the nature of evil, with views falling into one of four opposed camps: moral absolutism, amoralism, moral relativism, and moral universalism."

And:
"In fact, many acts now considered evil have been termed as acceptable in some societies at different times."

Finally:
"Views on the nature of evil tend to fall into one of four opposed camps:
Moral absolutism holds that good and evil are fixed concepts established by a deity or deities, nature, morality, common sense, or some other source.<6>
Amoralism claims that good and evil are meaningless, that there is no moral ingredient in nature.
Moral relativism holds that standards of good and evil are only products of local culture, custom, or prejudice.
Moral universalism is the attempt to find a compromise between the absolutist sense of morality, and the relativist view; universalism claims that morality is only flexible to a degree, and that what is truly good or evil can be determined by examining what is commonly considered to be evil amongst all humans. Author Sam Harris notes that universal morality can be understood using measurable (i.e. quantifiable) metrics of happiness and suffering, both physical and mental, rooted in how the biology of the brain processes stimuli.<7>"

I hate repukes because they embrace evil...if you cannot understand then that is your problem. 'Evil' is universally recognized by every earthling, get a grip.

EDIT - I too could embolden certain words like USUALLY, so nice try but you are arguing about something everyone usually agrees upon.

hook, line and sinker.

LONG ago, the party moved from spewing their nonsense for political gain to actually BELIEVING IT.

Sadly, there IS a trickle down effect to the average person.

Everything about them is built on lies and deception.
Limbaugh embodies everything I dislike about rethuglicans.

"I've got mine. Nothing else matters." Evil bastards.

They don't believe in evolution or the big bang.

me,
my family,
my neighborhood,
my community,
my county,
my state,
or my country;

And

They want to force their point of view on me.

...a party that is predicated on an appeal to the worst in people always begins an election cycle half-a-lap ahead of one that appeals to the best.

Sure it's just the one party you're talking about?

I might change "ignore environmental science" to "ignore science". I might also put in their war on women and their strong desire to make christianity (or at least their version of it) into law.

...and because they think tax cuts > everything else, hate science and gays, and talk funny.

eom.

I've never met one that did anything for anyone unless they had something to gain from it. No compassion, no empathy, no love for anyone but themselves.

Let me count the ways....

Primarily because they are a party that defends entrenched wealth and privilege whether obtained by foul (usually) or fair means.

Because they don't give one hamster turd about anyone except the "master" classes.

and in their desperation they lie, cheat and steal to win elections and gain power. They are anti-American, pure and simple...

They're uninformed, afraid, and boring.

I don't know the name name of a number higher than a googol.

It'd be a much shorter list to say what I don't hate about them.
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Don't rush me.
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The expectation that government money should be spent prudently is a good ethical framework. That they implement this basic principle ineptly and in the service of evil is a different matter.

Sorry. That's as good as I can do.

"personal responsibility" = "No taxes for me" ...sucks.
"valuing life" = "War, capital punishment for trivial crimes and allowing businesses to kill for profit" ...sucks.
"freedom of speech" = "Speech that I agree with, no matter how much it costs some media company to give it to me" ...sucks.
"welfare queens" = "poor people that aren't starving" ...sucks
"patriotism" = "all talk and no action" ...sucks

Deference to authority, incuriosity, "faith" as distinct from "thinking", politics and even war as a sporting event, greed, selfishness, simple-mindedness all suck.

And I could feel the same about the Democratic Party if it doesn't push back on the Repukes.

Because I embrace logic and worship at the alter of common sense. Hypocrisy is my Satan.

Give me a political point from a Republican stance and I can give you an example of their hypocrisy.
I’m sure each of us could.

Save the fetus.
Refuse her health care, nutrition and education.
Build her a prison.
Put her to death.

How does that save us money?

is about money and getting more.

Power over everything is their objective.

They rape the earth.

They are hypocrites in the most exact sense of the word.

End of rant