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Bernardo de La Paz

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5. They love sex & pot but especially booze. But Mencken comes to mind. And "Handmaid's Tale"

Wed Apr 19, 2017, 07:04 AM

Apr 2017

Puritanism: "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy."
H. L. Mencken

They are also a bit like the elites in "A Handmaid's Tale"; forbidding pleasures to the great unwashed masses but indulging themselves.

I think Republicons often suppose that 'lesser people' than they (poor, perhaps people of color, lower middle class) are not as sophisticated as they and not as 'capable' of indulging without descending into decadence and slovenly decrepitude.

Hence porn consumption rates are highest in red states.

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Why do Republicans hate sex and marijuana? [View all] Cyrano Apr 2017 OP

They don't hate sex Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #1

Sure. Just ask those two disciples of family values, drumpf and O'Lieilly. democratisphere Apr 2017 #10

Because it keeps their mega churches rolling in the cashola? SticksnStones Apr 2017 #2

Not to mention the for-profit prison industry Fritz Walter Apr 2017 #9

Yes...of course...the prison industry as well - SticksnStones Apr 2017 #11

Hate sex and marijuana and women and non whites and... Guilded Lilly Apr 2017 #3

Yep. I thought I'd just stick with sins of the flesh Cyrano Apr 2017 #4

They love sex & pot but especially booze. But Mencken comes to mind. And "Handmaid's Tale" Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #5

Nailed it dude. Ligyron Apr 2017 #19

You hear them argue that if you can't treestar Apr 2017 #25

yup. JHan Apr 2017 #45

They prefer their drug use and sex lives to be behind the scenes. PatsFan87 Apr 2017 #6

redumbliCONs are miserable evil bastards and they don't want anyone to have fun. democratisphere Apr 2017 #7

This is the answer, imo. randome Apr 2017 #18

They don't hate sex. They just see it as a finite resource to be hoarded Bucky Apr 2017 #8

Go into business for yourself bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #12

Fascism is subversive Cary Apr 2017 #13

Definitely! It's also the way their brains have developed as some studies have demonstrated. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #28

Authoritarian personalities Cary Apr 2017 #43

The Theocracy will be televised HAB911 Apr 2017 #14

Thread title needs "for others." WinkyDink Apr 2017 #15

Repugs don't hate either. lark Apr 2017 #16

"Control" is the key word in your explanation. world wide wally Apr 2017 #30

I totally agree. lark Apr 2017 #42

Drugs were equated with Black and Hispanic populations purposefully the by government ehrnst Apr 2017 #17

There's a film called "Reerer Madness" Cyrano Apr 2017 #21

Myrother and I saw it at a drive in in Tucson in the seventies. We smoked "reefer" notdarkyet Apr 2017 #22

K&R!!! RKP5637 Apr 2017 #29

Not Exactly Propaganda Cyrano ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #41

great post ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #44

Because they had neither in high school and they are still bitter that the cool kids ignored them. Trust Buster Apr 2017 #20

They're depressed The Wizard Apr 2017 #23

Because they can't get laid, and it just makes them cough hatrack Apr 2017 #24

4-20 is tomorrow! SCVDem Apr 2017 #26

My mm clinic always has a great notdarkyet Apr 2017 #38

When the hippies celebrated sex, drugs, and rock n roll randr Apr 2017 #27

The Repubs were so square they couldn't fit through the door! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #31

They were just so up tight that they brought everybody down randr Apr 2017 #33

Yep, invite a couple to a fun time back then and the whole mood went down the drain. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #34

Number one rule back in the day randr Apr 2017 #36

Yep! RKP5637 Apr 2017 #37

Well, I know a LOT of Republicans who puff tuff ghostsinthemachine Apr 2017 #32

There are at least two kinds of Republicans randr Apr 2017 #35

Because they already have s stick up their butts and are Lint Head Apr 2017 #39

projection. it's always projection w them. mopinko Apr 2017 #40

Republicans pretend to hate women, gays, drugs and sex. Orsino Apr 2017 #46