Understanding how Republicans think

[liberalmediaaddict]

I think I solved the riddle of what it takes to become a member of today's Republican party.
1. Remove your capacity for empathy.
2. Never engage in critical thinking.

As long as a person becomes indifferent to anyone else's suffering or circumstances and avoids facts, research and healthy skepticism they'll fit right in with the MAGA cult.

Add in a touch of greed and they'll welcome you with open arms.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The GOP consists of ruthless sociopaths who will burn it all down to win.

They will kill as many Americans as it takes to meet their goals of total permanent power and wealth.

[liberalmediaaddict]

3. Totally agree

Their nihilism is also breathtaking.
And the millions of Americans who have gotten sick or died over the last 40 years because of Republicans cruel policies is tragic.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes it is an American tragedy.

The death, destruction and damage caused by the GOP.

[liberalmediaaddict]

6. I'm always reminded of how they reacted to Covid

The number of lives lost because of Trump's incompetence. The people who want him back in the White House must have a death wish.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes one million American deaths mean nothing to the GOP.

Schoolchildren murdered in school means nothing to them either.

The GOP is the exact same kind of sociopath as Putin.

[The Mouth]

2. The ones I know think we had enough government in 1798

When the Constitution was ratified.

Seriously.

[Cyrano]

5. Much of their base consists of

under educated people who can easily be convinced of any lies Republicans are peddling on any given day. Throw in a good helping and racism, and bigotry against the "OTHER," and you have the recipe for how to bring fascism to America.

[liberalmediaaddict]

8. I don't think they're stupid

Most are willfully ignorant and intellectually lazy. No one forces them to blindly accept what Fox News and Trump tells them is true.

The cruelty and bigotry probably is a product of their upbringing though.

[Bev54]

10. They are the definition of stupid, ignorant is when you do not have access to the information

Stupidity is when the information is there and you choose not to look for it, purposely turn your head from it or absorb it.

[Backseat Driver]

9. Never underestimate "willful ignorance" and fundamentalist religion in the mix.

Within the family unit(s), never underestimate the power of unresolved trauma, perceived abandonment, unfulfilled expectations, and ultimately the lure of saintly redemption in an eternal afterlife combining in a toxic stew, but selectively fed to and projected onto new generations. The GQP and RWXtian nutjobs have filled their private mind vaults to hide their requirements for ever more power, control, and wealth; that's the part that has trickled down--more, more, and still never enough!

[Patterson]

11. Assholes and dumbasses.

[Mr.Bill]

12. And the ones that are rich

always think it's because they are smarter and work harder than you, regardless of how they got rich.