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An answer to Rob Kall's question

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"Conservative ideology in all areas, social, economic, political and religious spans only the spectrum from hopeless to catastrophic.

 

"For them, their entire life is their ideology, and when facts contradict that ideology, they ignore or lie about the facts, as was demonstrated by the statement that "that wasn't meant to be a factual statement.' In other words that was an admission that it was a lie.   And, since their ideology is all they've got, they live in a world of paranoia and fear, as shown by that Bachmann woman who ran from a restroom screaming for help and the police when a woman only wanted to ask her a question.   There's full-blown paranoia.

 

"That Bachmann woman and that Palin woman are able to dip down into their bottomless wells of ignorance and pull up whole fantasy worlds, especially to their own liking.   They are unconstrained by those pesky requirements, reason, logic and truth.

 

I asked, what causes the Republicans to be that way.

 

"Well, they have a lot of help from famous hypocrites and liars.   Take that awful Limbaugh person as just one of the fear-mongers and race baiters.   His whole life is the product of the improvements made by progressives, the invention of money, of which he has accumulated millions, instead of the barter system, the invention of radio, where he gets his money, and the invention of automobiles, which he uses to get about and to go to work.

 

"All the while, Limbaugh denigrates and blames progressives for all problems in the world, when the truth is that if it weren't for progressives, Limbaugh would have to waddle down the street, shouting at people, verifying that he is a psychotic liar."

 

I asked God if there is any hope for the enlightenment of the Republicans, the bringing them to a point where they can enjoy the benefits of civilization and culture.

 

"No, there is no hope for them.   They are living the very circumscribed life of the hunter-gatherers of 50,000 years ago, where small tribes made up what human organization there was, and where everything and everyone outside the tribe was viewed as a threat, and usually was.   The Republicans retain that primitive mind-set that lasted 10 times as long as the rise of civilization 5000 years ago.   They have not been able to join the rest of you in the progress made during that 5000 years.

 

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