It must be so tiring to be hateful

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31. It really is exhausting: But inexplicably energizing to haters

From the hard-righters I know, you'd swear their goal is to beat their chests hating the left on their death bed.

I know a few, but my own father stands out and is unbelievably partisan; Everything, and I mean everything, is politics...and in such an unabashedly spiteful way. Unreal. Here's just a few examples:

- Hating of movies because an actor is "a left winger" or has a progressive theme ( ie: is not overtly pro-neocon )

- Liking shitty movies because of conservative actors or a conservative message, and pushing them on you.

- Suddenly disliking cars he liked because the company got a bail-out ( even though they repaid the $ )

- A sudden liking for big restaurant chains with draconian employee relations, and anti-ACA stances, even tough he knew/knows their food sucks.

- An equally sudden disliking of companies "too left wing", whether real or imagined. Some interesting cognitive dissonance here: He knows Costco is the better store and begrudgingly patronizes them but sneers at them for "being too left wing", while patronizing and singing the praises of Wal-Mart at every opportunity as he admires their business model.

- Despite not having attended church in the last 50 years, barring weddings/funerals, has suddenly become a churchgoer and worried about the US's "judeo-christian heritage". Even more ironic since he's always disliked Jewish people but now damn near worships Isreal in deference to hawkish anti-muslim foreign policy; as per the neocon playbook.

I've brought this up at times; how much expenditure of energy, how exhausting it must be, to frame EVERYthing politically, and act accordingly. They love it. Feel like they're fighting the good fight, and while I'm sure, despite their chest-beating, know they're demographic dinosaurs, seem energized with the feeling they're going down swinging.

There is no reaching these putzes. I'm thoroughly convinced. We just have to wait for biology to fix the situation.