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RKP5637

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10. Yep, I think Fox"News" and other disinformation hate sources posing

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 07:48 PM

Jun 2012

as legitimate information sources gave them a rally point for their hatred, much as some religion does too. And they already had a predisposition for hatred and bizarre thought patterns.

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DU POLL - Do you think the RW functions as they do because it's hard-coded in their brains? [View all] RKP5637 Jun 2012 OP

Right-wingers have brains? 3waygeek Jun 2012 #1

both. I say this because I have sibs raised the same way as I who have sucked down the koolaid. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2012 #2

It's not hard coded agent46 Jun 2012 #3

They are hard wired meanit Jun 2012 #4

They're also sadists ailsagirl Jun 2012 #5

I've often thought the same. it seems they rally around everything/anything RKP5637 Jun 2012 #8

It makes them feel superior siligut Jun 2012 #9

They're the scum of the earth ailsagirl Jun 2012 #11

Yep, that's really the bottom line, "the battle between Good and Evil" n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #13

Power and money can make some people pretty evil siligut Jun 2012 #14

I know. I wish they'd just go away ailsagirl Jun 2012 #16

Brains?... IDemo Jun 2012 #6

No doubt about it. They were like this *before* Fox"News" came along. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #7

Yep, I think Fox"News" and other disinformation hate sources posing RKP5637 Jun 2012 #10

Conservatives without Conscience by John Dean... cynatnite Jun 2012 #12

Absolutely-- I've read a couple of books on the subject that were not polemics but Marr Jun 2012 #15

Liberal vs. Conservative RC Jun 2012 #17