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27. My hypothesis is

Mon Feb 27, 2017, 09:57 AM

Feb 2017

and I have no way to ever test it, is that when they were babies their mothers fed them on a schedule and did not respond when they cried to be fed.

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Why are the deplorables so prone to mean-spiritedness just for the sake of being mean? [View all] butdiduvote Feb 2017 OP

I think it's an abusive mentality Chiquitita Feb 2017 #1

Agree. Same dynamic as domestic abuse or many other kinds of abuse. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #9

Sorry, but it's far more complex, and for most the OP is wrong. Hortensis Feb 2017 #19

They have gigantic amygdalas, so much fear that they don't give a crap about anybody else. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #22

Conservative altruism extends to smaller groups, Hortensis Feb 2017 #43

Definitely it is! Well said! Some just love hatred, it's the essence of their being and what RKP5637 Feb 2017 #30

It's very puzzling, and it's become worse over the last 20-30 years. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #2

I think AM hate radio has a lot to do with it. Initech Feb 2017 #6

Yes, the radio show hosts are incredibly nasty Mariana Feb 2017 #8

That and cable news. We used to all get the same news before the internet. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #10

Hate radio. CrispyQ Feb 2017 #38

You are correct, Crispy. musette_sf Feb 2017 #44

In my memory it shifted in a big way toward mean-spiritedness as a badge of honor with Gingrich JudyM Feb 2017 #39

Authoritarians are into punishment. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #3

Just so long as the authoritarians themselves aren't being punished. meow2u3 Feb 2017 #5

Their leader hasn't told them no. Initech Feb 2017 #4

I believe that has to do with intimidation RickHworth Feb 2017 #7

It's a sick manifestation Cirque du So-What Feb 2017 #11

Right on target! raccoon Feb 2017 #16

"Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control" GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 #12

because they think that's how "winners" act. TeamPooka Feb 2017 #13

They've been influenced to give up empathy by seeing others as The Other lostnfound Feb 2017 #14

part of it has to do with Trump's own failures JI7 Feb 2017 #15

Trump was just speaking for them radical noodle Feb 2017 #41

Because they assume everyone is just like them. Dulcinea Feb 2017 #17

Greed Bettie Feb 2017 #18

Spot on... Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #34

Revenge! That is what I read in all the comments. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2017 #20

I am working on a paper now called "The Age of Revenge Politics" RadiationTherapy Feb 2017 #36

there are two types of people in the world... Javaman Feb 2017 #21

Yep. Dulcinea Feb 2017 #24

Because that is WHO they are and Trump told them who HE was, it's that simple. NotThisTime Feb 2017 #23

Amazingly Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #26

I know, right Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #25

My hypothesis is d_r Feb 2017 #27

It's a learned behavior. kentuck Feb 2017 #28

Simply put. And accurate. Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #40

It's in their unpleasant souls: Dem2 Feb 2017 #29

They thrive on it Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #31

They feel free to unleash their inner demons Jake Stern Feb 2017 #32

They go out the ego door of compensation of cruelty. vlyons Feb 2017 #33

I have three Trump trolls in my FB collective & the two religious ones are the meanest. CrispyQ Feb 2017 #35

They're chronically angry. Aristus Feb 2017 #37

The answer lies in every "they." nolabear Feb 2017 #42

Because that's partly what makes them conservatives. OnionPatch Feb 2017 #45