Republicans are corrupt and vile subhumans

[LancetChick]

44. My family is "severely conservative" and I can tell you this...

... they are not all idiots, despite the fact that they make no sense to us, and they are not unfeeling, despite the often cruel political policies Republican politicians vote for. They are human beings who live in hermetically sealed bubbles, who shape their views to fit a preselected world view, and who look at the same things we do, but see something completely different. It isn't logic that drives them, it's emotion.

When I mention to my sister the "47%" and she immediately blurts out "The TAKERS!", she does so with real venom and emotion. Explaining who the 47% really are is not something she wants to hear ("Senior citizens on social security aren't part of the 47%" she believes), so she simply blocks it out. She WANTS to be angry about "moochers" because it makes her and her ilk look like fine, upstanding citizens, or the good people.

In her view, anyone may succeed if they are strong enough, and if they aren't, it's because they choose not to be. Strength is very important to her, and she loved the Bush America that was the biggest bully in the world, hated by so many people outside of our country. She keeps DVDs of Reagan speeches and tears up with strong emotion when she watches them.

She SOUNDS like an idiot, doesn't she? But she did better in school than I did, and graduated from one of the best universities. She just uses a very differently wired brain to interpret the world. And so we just agree to disagree, avoid political conversations, and talk about anything else. You can often make a moderate see your point of view, but not a true partisan on the other side of the fence.

I admit, though, that I occasionally close my eyes and try to imagine a world without Republicans, which is surprisingly relaxing!