Why are republicans afraid?

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45. In a post a minute ago. . .

I commented that the only thing "those people" have left anymore is hate.

Maybe the other "only" thing they have is fear.

The why is almost easy to discern. For 40 years that's all they've been told - fear and hate. We - that's a collective we the people, the nation - is reaping what republicans beginning with Reagan (at least in recent history) have sown. The government is not here to help. The government is bad. "The other" is bad, evil. Black, Brown, Muslim, Jew, Gay, Trans, Immigrant. They are to be feared, not embraced. Hated, not welcomed.

And since no one on the right has the courage to say enough is enough, the feedback loop for the fearful and the haters is louder and louder. They will hear nothing else and will be open to no other perspective.