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cherokeeprogressive

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27. If you could change the way they vote would they still be dangerous and delusional after casting it?
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 03:23 PM
Jul 2012

Your OP concerned the way people vote. I know plenty of people who vote R and I don't think I'd use any of the hateful adjectives I see in your post or most of its replies to describe them.

I responded to a post the other day which made the claim that "the majority of republicans would gladly see us dead or in concentration camps". It also said that they happily say so in public. That's making the claim that around 32 million people regularly say in public that they'd have no problem putting Dems in concentration camps or simply killing them outright. While your OP doesn't quite rise to that level of hyperbole, it does claim that "This is a war for our survival." I'm assuming you mean Democrats in general, and should a republican win the White House we will cease to exist as a party and/or as individuals. That kind of thinking is simply a little too extreme for me. It's almost like the posts after the election in 2008 making claims to the effect that the republican party was drawing its last breaths.

Sure, some who vote republican can be described as you and some of the other posters see them. I try not to over-generalize though and will never give up hope that sooner or later everyone can be influenced in such a way so as to see the light.

That's why I'll stop at describing people who vote republican as misguided and resist the urge to dehumanize them.

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Fear-driven NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1
+1 GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #16
Agree with fear driven. nt chknltl Jul 2012 #64
1. Selfish; 2. Clueless; 3. Ignorant; 4. Manipulated; 5. Pathetic; 6. Narcissistic; 7. Uncaring; hlthe2b Jul 2012 #2
Misguided. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #3
Dangerous and delusional also.. kentuck Jul 2012 #5
If you could change the way they vote would they still be dangerous and delusional after casting it? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #27
hear,hear!!! janlyn Jul 2012 #51
"everyone can be influenced in such a way so as to see the light. " kentuck Jul 2012 #58
No style. No class. Weak. randome Jul 2012 #4
Brainwashed and Lazy ... nt Tennessee Gal Jul 2012 #6
Willfully ignorant, dogmatic, religiously insane. nt DCKit Jul 2012 #7
Seconded. nt cyberswede Jul 2012 #57
Pigs and/or idiots Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #8
Future Minority ! RagAss Jul 2012 #9
completely propagandized diane in sf Jul 2012 #10
Sociopaths? nt XanaDUer Jul 2012 #11
Professional victims. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #12
Blinders on.... Tikki Jul 2012 #13
Hypnotized. Gregorian Jul 2012 #14
wrong, imho n/t Enrique Jul 2012 #15
May I ask why you think it is wrong? kentuck Jul 2012 #17
I don't want to speak for the fellow member but.... RagAss Jul 2012 #18
That was how I took it Kennah Jul 2012 #20
You may be right. kentuck Jul 2012 #23
no problem Enrique Jul 2012 #42
Enrique, you are right. kentuck Jul 2012 #43
Indoctrinated servants of their slavemasters Kennah Jul 2012 #19
Bootlickers, who fawn over the rich and stab their equals to get ahead. freshwest Jul 2012 #48
"At-leasters"--"at least i'm not a (insert scapgoat here)" ProgressiveEconomist Jul 2012 #21
For some there aren't words that are adequate... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #22
Propagandized, Loutish, Churlish, Gullible, Incurious, Uncompassionate, Truculent Snarkoleptic Jul 2012 #24
Its as if some Republicans exist in a mental space close to addiction... nenagh Jul 2012 #25
Zealots Generic Brad Jul 2012 #26
Ignorant and close minded liberal N proud Jul 2012 #28
Fearful; Misinformed; Gullible; Selfish. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #29
Hatriots lunatica Jul 2012 #30
Delusional 1%er wannabes n/t Spazito Jul 2012 #31
They want to be rich and believe if they vote for the Republicans they will get rich... midnight Jul 2012 #32
obedient jorno67 Jul 2012 #33
Call me nostalgic... pwhtckll Jul 2012 #34
Delusional. libinnyandia Jul 2012 #35
Battered Wife Syndrome B Calm Jul 2012 #36
Uncalled for response, B Calm n/t Earth_First Jul 2012 #41
huh???? B Calm Jul 2012 #49
Why? lunatica Jul 2012 #54
While it's easy to throw various insulting adjectives, the core one I'd use is "afraid." Posteritatis Jul 2012 #37
Yeah. randome Jul 2012 #40
Seditious. PCIntern Jul 2012 #38
Stockholm Syndrome thelordofhell Jul 2012 #39
Delusional Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #44
well here are three cindyperry2010 Jul 2012 #45
That's four. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #46
:::deep breath:::: DearAbby Jul 2012 #47
original and interesting cindyperry2010 Jul 2012 #50
Blind loyalty. felix_numinous Jul 2012 #52
Useful idiots Major Nikon Jul 2012 #53
Unnatural felix_numinous Jul 2012 #55
narcisistic- myopic- Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #56
Narcisistic- Fibrosis orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #62
comprised of: hypocrites, scared-y-cats, racists, bigots, willfully ignorant, clueless, NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #59
low-information . .. . . . n/t annabanana Jul 2012 #60
Sarah Palin , Greed without guilt , As long as it isn't my kid orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #61
suckers proud patriot Jul 2012 #63
I was just going to post that. Gregorian Jul 2012 #67
Morans Chemisse Jul 2012 #65
Assholes Incitatus Jul 2012 #66
Wrong on everything!!!!! Initech Jul 2012 #68
Racist, sexist, mysoginist, homophobic religious nutjobs Initech Jul 2012 #69
Morlocks? nt. Mac1949 Jul 2012 #70
kkklanish. OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2012 #71
One word "UN-AMERICAN" Vincardog Jul 2012 #72
I don't care WHAT you call them. Just destroy them like cockroaches. n/t BanTheGOP Jul 2012 #73
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