Wing nut self hatred is a prize for the rich.

[applegrove]

The wing nut pundits, like Sarah Palin, beck, limbaugh, etc, have constantly whipped their middle class followers up into frothing xenophobes who now hate not only muslims but union members and public servants. If you hate all the people in the country including the middle class and you own govenment, don't really just hate you own dam self? I guess that is the only way the real base of the GOP (the rich) can get Americans to vote against their own self interest and for tax cuts and deregulations. Clap Clap Clap to the rich cause even Hitler didn't manage to harness people to that degree...he always had the germans hating 'an other' not themselves.

[babylonsister]

1. Wow, and the really weird thing, a lot of them don't even

know what they're doing, i.e., the people who are true believers who don't 'get' what's happening.

My brother recently told me he's a friend of Rush. That's more than I needed to know. Ugh.

[RandomThoughts]

2. Nobody 'gets' what is happening exactly.

And if what seems to be happening is unacceptable, then even a thin road is a better choice. Even if it seems highly improbable.

I can list 1000 things that might be happening that would really be terrible, and a small amount that are pretty good.

So going to fight, or not fight, as if what is happening is the good stuff, fighting in that direction, because if the bad stuff is happening, we would all be screwed anyways.

It is a choice. Going to stick with the thin chance that things could work out, by choice, even though it is much harder to see that path.

:shrug: You can be a true believer by choice.

[kevinbgoode]

3. Haha. . .did you ask if he was telling you as a cry for help?

perhaps then you could have suggested counseling. . .

[Terra Alta]

5. I feel your pain.

My brother is a Faux News Fanatic, especially Glenn Beck. We very rarely discuss politics, because when we do we usually end up arguing.

[lunasun]

4. There 's a sucker born every minute..........nt