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Initech

(100,072 posts)
1. Same here!
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:03 PM
Feb 2020

Also the people I know who are the biggest liars and cheats also are conservatives. But it's OK because they pray to JAYSUS, so all their sins are forgiven.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
5. They don't seem to understand that just being Christian does not excuse them from...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:15 PM
Feb 2020

Actually being moral all the time. They only use it as a get out of jail free card to play, like they are getting away with something. Come to think about it.. Very immature acting.

Oh, they also seem to only worship Mammon as well. No wonder so many of them are scared to die.

Initech

(100,072 posts)
9. I always wonder which god it is they really worship.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:48 PM
Feb 2020

Because in one sentence they will say that God is a loving god, and then the next sentence they say they are afraid of an angry and vengeful god. I'm really starting to think it's more the latter than the former.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
3. I know several well-educated, otherwise-intelligent Trump supporters.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:07 PM
Feb 2020

That's actually much scarier to me than if they were all dopey morons.

They support him for a variety of reasons - always been Republicans, mostly apolitical, "Hillary would be worse", "take the country back". The usual nonsense. They don't pay attention to what Trump does most of the time and they don't really care. They seem to get their news from Fox News and right-wing social media.

A couple are in the medical profession. It will be interesting to see if their tune changes if (when) Trump's response to the virus or lack thereof results in dead people.

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
10. I know several people like that. Always been Republicans, think Democrats
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:57 PM
Feb 2020

have no morals. They really don't pay close attention to what's going on or understand what the issues are.

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)
4. That statement holds true for me as well. Also if you replace "unintelligent" with "immoral" or
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:08 PM
Feb 2020

"selfish"

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
6. I'm becoming prejudiced..
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:15 PM
Feb 2020

my antennae go up when I see macho white males. They have a look, and a kind of sick laugh. Women usually have to speak, to give themselves away. I saw a truck today, with all kinds of bumper stickers on it. "Make a liberal cry", Something else that was comparing liberals to cancer, another about the wall. I don't see that stuff very often...like hardly ever. I kind of wanted to hang around and see who the driver was, but it would probably be no surprise.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. The original quote from John Stuart Mill...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:20 PM
Feb 2020

"Although it is not true that all Conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are Conservative."

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