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In reply to the discussion: What I don't understand is why Rethugs are so full of hatred [View all]Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)This is a large part of it. The guys I grew up with in the 80s went to work for their dads' businesses in the 90s building and renovating houses, remodeling and roofing houses, fixing and repairing plumbing in houses or buying and selling houses. Could care less about politics, but steeped in Reagan Mythology. Few voted before 2016, yet they were all constitutional law experts in 2018 and felt entitled to opine on what was and wasn't sexual assault. They boned up on virology and epidemiology, and were experts on the electoral college. These guys were C students at best, because they needed to make grades to play.
It goes back even further, I think, to their parents in the Vietnam era 1960s. The Hawks resented the fun the Doves were having. The free love/sexual revolution hippies and the pot smokers of the 60s became Democrats, and the up tight square ROTC types became Republicans.
THey're envious of how much greener the grass is on the other side. Rather than water their own grass, they'll prevent everyone else from having green grass at all.