March 30, 2010

Conservatives are scared all the time and hate to be challenged because it would unmask their fears of just about everything. They see the world as “black and white” with little or no gray; you are either with them or not. This mental illness is at the core of conservative groups including the Republican Party and the Teabaggers.

The illness blossomed in the baby boomer generation where being white was a very good thing as far as jobs, money and power. With all the changes going on the past couple years, their world is up side down and they are lashing out and demonizing anyone who is not like them.

Demonization is a great thing if you don't have the morals or facts to backup your position. Hatred is personally and politically energizing and it is even better when you think you are perfect and are infallible. This self righteousness blanket, common to conservatives, is popular because it means you don't have to poke you head out often to see the truth.

Yet it can be confusing to everyone else who sees the world as an intellectual challenge to be rationally debated. Here are some characteristics of the conservative mental illness:

People or groups which conservatives hate and use as targets to deflect blame or attention:

Gays and lesbians, feminists, Obama, illegal immigrants, immigrants in general, liberals, tax and spend liberals, ACLU, nature worshipers, pagans, non-Christian like Muslims, Jews , Catholics, evolutionists, Mexicans or any other non-white person, Pelosi or any powerful woman, Harry Reid, socialists, communists, environmentalists, federalists, non-Republicans, sex in any form or manner, IRS, BLM , US Forest Service, Martin Luther King and his day or anything to do with famous black people.

Subjects conservatives hate but rarely discuss in depth or know anything about but try to make people think they do:

Homosexuals (gay anything), public education, Obama's birth certificate, science, entitlements (social security, Medicare, national health care), tax and spend, U.S. history, universal health insurance, psychology, United Nations, civil rights, national debt, Iraq and Afghanistan, Roe v Wade, evolution, abortions, taxes, pro-choice, social justice, and climate change.