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Title: The Tea Party: Same Old Authoritarian Conservatives With a New Label
Source:
Justia.com
URL Source: http://verdict.justia.com/2011/07/29/the-tea-party/
Published: Jul 29, 2011
Author: John Dean
Post Date: 2011-07-29 12:08:49 by lucysmom
Keywords: Tea Party, The Destroyers
Views: 40497
Comments: 71
The debt-ceiling debate, better described as an extortion ploy by the Tea Party-controlled Republicans of the U.S House of Representatives, has raised a question: Who, exactly, are these largely anonymous troublemakers? When I did a little digging, I realized that I know these people all too well. Indeed, I had actually written about them before they morphed into their current form. They are, in fact, both old and new authoritarian conservatives. These authoritarians are a notoriously nasty crew. If you have not noticed, they are delighted with what is happening in Washington, the chaos they have created. Actually, they are thrilled that they have been able to turn the Nation’s Capital upside down, as they actively work to screw up federal government in the hope of literally destroying it. If you look closely, it is obvious that most of these Tea Party people have no real idea about the potential consequences of their actions, and they do not care to inform themselves. These are people who will pick a fight for the sake of picking a fight, refusing to compromise about anything that conflicts with their collective agenda, just because that feels to them like the right thing to do.
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#2. To: Badeye, A K A Stone, hondo68, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, brian s, mcgowanjm, Capitalist Eric, Mininggold (#0)
Hmmm...
....A heaping helping of malarkey. literally destroying There's a little yellow man in your head....
literally destroying You are channeling byeltsin again.
You're about as paranoid as goofymom. There's a byeltsin under your bed !!!
#7. To: hondo68 (#5)
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH ..... before hearing aids !
Paranoid?
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest...authoritarian traits in the Tea Party: (1) they are more submissive than most to their leaders, and they take direction without question; (2) they are easily frightened and their leaders keep them that way; (3) they wear their self-righteousness on their sleeves, e.g., with their assertion that they are “the true Americans;” (4) they are highly aggressive, so they lash out at those with whom they do not agree; (5) critical thinking and logic escapes them, and they rely upon simplistic slogans to answer complex questions; (6) they inflate problems, and they find an endless supply of our “biggest problems”; (7) they hold conflicting and contradictory beliefs, which does not trouble them, because their thinking is compartmentalized; (8) double standards are totally acceptable to them, so they can be highly critical of others who do exactly what they do, or have done; (9) they feel empowered when in groups, and gain strength by remaining together with like-minded others; (10) they are highly dogmatic, since they do not know why they believe what they do, and they do not question themselves; (11) they are ethnocentric and constantly judge others and events from an “us versus them” point of view; and (12) they are prejudiced, and often racist, although some do not realize it or believe it when confronted.
#3. To: lucysmom (#2)
...authoritarian traits in the Tea Party
#4. To: hondo68 (#3)
authoritarian traits in the Tea Party ....A heaping helping of malarkey.
#5. To: mininggold, borisY, lucysmom (#4)
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You are channeling byeltsin again.
Replies to Comment # 5. There's a bylstein under your bed !!!
#9. To: hondo68 (#5)
You're about as paranoid as goofymom.
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