Freepers and false assumptions...

[TrogL]

2. Most Republicans (or any authoritarians for that matter) don't have a good grasp on causality

They also don't think good.

We've got the same problem up here. We just had elections in Alberta. If you talk tleft-wing Party supporters about the rationale behind the Party platform, they'll talk your damn ear off 'til you're begging them to stop. If you talk to the right wing Party, they'll quote the talking points then stop. Drill down into the talking point and you'll hit a blank wall. They either don't understand it or they simply don't have the tools to rationally discuss it.

There was an embarassing moment on TV last night. The leader of the right-wing Wild Rose party was approached by a reporter asking about a tweet. She blew up at him saying that she would not discuss any issue that had not be submitted in advance.