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lunatica

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30. I truly believe that the intense emotions of fear and rage are addictive

Reply to murray hill farm (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2012, 06:52 AM

May 2012

So much so that they will pursue the thing that gives them that intense high so they can feel it again. In this case it's FOX news. It blasts fear and rage 24/7. Like any other addiction it doesn't matter how much you try to fight the addiction because the nature of addiction is overwhelming. Addicts don't want to feel normal because normal isn't addictive and doesn't feel intense. They crave the intense highs of rage and fear so they will return to FOX to get their fix. And all they have to do is state some vague lying platitude to get the feeling started. That's why if you let them rant they will go on and on getting as worked up as they can.

They're not interested in facts. Facts get in the way of the fix. If loving Obama was as gratifyingly addictive as hating him they would love him. It's not the hate that drives them. It's the emotional roil it gives them that drives them.

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A rant about President Obama I heard from a neighbor today. [View all] murray hill farm May 2012 OP

Some people just seem to play tapes out of their head. Whoever recorded them RKP5637 May 2012 #1

That's what the RW media does: create generalized fear without information arcane1 May 2012 #2

Yes I think many of us experience the same thing. Even when you show proof they are wrong. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #3

I have a neighbor like that. I know they are RW religious nuts and RKP5637 May 2012 #12

LOL I been there. I make it a point to feel people out slowly which way they lean. If I see southernyankeebelle May 2012 #13

We have never talked politics before...just farming and goats. murray hill farm May 2012 #17

Ignore it Aerows May 2012 #4

I would probably respond gratuitous May 2012 #5

FDR: The only thinge we have to fear is fear itself..... Xolodno May 2012 #6

No! murray hill farm May 2012 #18

Facebook rants Jane Eyre May 2012 #7

I don't let people get away with it... orwell May 2012 #8

Excellent!!! For some of your clients it's surely a learning experience, to have RKP5637 May 2012 #21

I have a friend. If you went fishing with him or worked a project with him you would.... wandy May 2012 #9

I agree FOX is a big problem - TBF May 2012 #10

I agree, both Fox and churches can be a bad source of information with RKP5637 May 2012 #22

'"Being conservative" like it's a new rock band or something' Tsiyu May 2012 #34

If there were only a way to get them to see...... wandy May 2012 #36

When you see or read experiments on behavior jp11 May 2012 #11

Well said!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2012 #23

I see some of that as well. SmileyRose May 2012 #14

My sister bet me $1000 that he would destroy country if re-elected ErikJ May 2012 #15

What she is really saying... kentuck May 2012 #16

I like that explaination! murray hill farm May 2012 #19

"Give me an example." gulliver May 2012 #20

"They just want to dominate." Republicans, the schoolyard bullies. n/t RKP5637 May 2012 #24

Ain't that the truth. A recent conversation with my sister > > > lamp_shade May 2012 #25

Ka Blam! ProfessorGAC May 2012 #26

On the school prayer thing ask her "Who gets to write the prayer?" JoePhilly May 2012 #31

I have an uncle that does the same thing, but he throws in the Muslim-Kenyan-take away our guns ... ebayfool May 2012 #27

Well it is true. sendero May 2012 #28

I've tried to wedge into the wall of obFOXcation by honing in on the "lying" JHB May 2012 #29

I truly believe that the intense emotions of fear and rage are addictive lunatica May 2012 #30

Good analysis, lunatica...there's definitely an adrenalin Surya Gayatri May 2012 #33

Fox and the right wing have used a scatter shot approach to generating fear. JoePhilly May 2012 #32

I find most people who rant like that, get their news expressly from... Javaman May 2012 #35