Did a Google search on why conservatives have infantile reactions when presented ....

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I honestly don't understand why all you blue-staters get so bent out of shape over red-staters living off the gov't teat. I thought you people were all about selflessness and sharing - you should be happy to support Tenn. pill-poppers and the like. After all, they can't help it - they're society's victims or something like that.

"Blue-staters" aren't so much bent out of shape over the part I bolded in your post...

As they are about the tendency of many "Red-staters" to have a dim view of the U.S. Government in general compared to "Blue-staters" while being unaware of the general flow of money to and from the U.S. Government state by state.

Some when presented by the data that shows that "red" states tend to receive more money from the U.S. Government than they pay in federal taxes (then the reverse for "blue" states) will....

"...when it comes to having their thinking challenged; they shut down totally or display varying degrees of infantile responses.

But then again when many "red-staters" (in terms of attitude if not geographical location) willingly choose to mainly watch a cable news station that is questionable at best in their claim of "fair and balanced" for much of their programming schedule, you can't really expect a rational exchange of opinion.

Eventually the "blue-stater" feels like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czmb6tEwFE8&playnext=1&list=PLED74A89F4F4D1653&feature=results_video

when talking to a "red-stater" who behaves in the way the OP described.

 

[werepossum]

Sigh... you owe your whole economy pretty much in your area to TVA and that evil socialist FDR being forward thinking setting up so much power generation by blessings of the land itself.

You all are literally living your whole lives cradle to grave off the taxpayer.


And uh...yeah. I have been to your parts, you all are not exactly known for doing much in those woods but collecting checks and getting hammered on pills/drinking yourselves to death.

Save the conservative moral superiority crap. The culture you try to put on liberals is literally a reflection of your own surroundings. Save it.

I do not think you are a dishonest person Were, but fooling yourself is intellectual dishonesty.

In a red state, try talking to the people on welfare. Then try talking to Obama supporters. Then wonder why the Obama supporters seem so familiar . . .

Excluding Social Security retirement, I don't know a single soul who gets a government check and does not support Obama. They are probably half the Obama supporters I do know, and virtually the only ones who actually like Obama rather than just saying the Republicans are worse.

 

[nehalem256]

In a red state, try talking to the people on welfare. Then try talking to Obama supporters. Then wonder why the Obama supporters seem so familiar . . .

Excluding Social Security retirement, I don't know a single soul who gets a government check and does not support Obama. They are probably half the Obama supporters I do know, and virtually the only ones who actually like Obama rather than just saying the Republicans are worse.

This is partially because the government has done a very good job of hiding welfare.

I mean what do you call the EITC?

or subsidized daycare?

 

[BoberFett]

"Typical partisan. Divide humanity into your shallowly conceived ideological groups and try to use them to push your agenda. Pathetic."

So how's that red state/blue state thing working out for you? Still believe the lie that blue supports red? Or is this just your infantile reaction to the truth I posted?

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Facts don't change people's opinions unfortunately. In fact, the mental resources and rationalizations used for ego preservation only act to cement those flawed opinions when faced with the facts ---> polarization is always the result of debate. I don't think its unique to conservatives, its just a lot easier to recognize when they do it.

^ This is one of the most insigtful posts I've seen in a long time. Thanks!

 

[Bowfinger]

So how's that red state/blue state thing working out for you? Still believe the lie that blue supports red? Or is this just your infantile reaction to the truth I posted?

I believe states that tend to lean left generally pay more in federal taxes than they receive while states that lean to the right generally pay less in federal taxes than they receive. Which is what I said and is also factually true, as has been documented in this thread. I also believe you are a dishonest, purely partisan noise source who lacks the both the intellect and the cojones to actually address what I said, directly, accurately and honestly. You are welcome to prove me wrong, of course.

 

[halik]

~

You are far less coherent and cogent than you suspect. I'd continue with the "self-hate" motif, at least people won't be sure you're lucid at all.

 

[nehalem256]

I believe the that states that tend to lean left generally pay more in federal taxes than they receive while states that lean to the right generally pay less in federal taxes than they receive. Which is what I said and is also factually true, as has been documented in this thread. I also believe you are a dishonest, purely partisan noise source who lacks the both the intellect and the cojones to actually address what I said, directly, accurately and honestly. You are welcome to prove me wrong, of course.

Which way the state votes as a whole is irrelevant. It is pretty clearly the red voters support blue voters.

 

[kage69]

So how's that red state/blue state thing working out for you? Still believe the lie that blue supports red? Or is this just your infantile reaction to the truth I posted?

Oh that's a hoot, reading your posts in this thread and then seeing you attribute infant like behavior to someone else. lol

Are you trying to out suck cyber here or something? Mr. Sensitive, who likens liberals to sheep and garden slugs, doesn't like "infants" that disagree with him!

Yep, you're totally holding down all the maturity in this thread Bober, well done.

Way to prove Bowfinger right!

 

[piasabird]

What exactly are you talking about? Give examples.

 

[BoberFett]

Oh that's a hoot, reading your posts in this thread and then seeing you attribute infant like behavior to someone else. lol

Are you trying to out suck cyber here or something? Mr. Sensitive, who likens liberals to sheep and garden slugs, doesn't like "infants" that disagree with him!

Yep, you're totally holding down all the maturity in this thread Bober, well done.

Way to prove Bowfinger right!

It's hilarious to watch the same people make the same claims over and over again about how awful their political enemies are because their political enemies think they're awful.

It's one big head-spinning case of full blown retard from both sides of the aisle.

Fuck be upon you all.

 

[BoberFett]

Six sad sorry little lost souls
I know you are but what am I?

Here's a high quality grown up post from a "liberal."

 

[BoberFett]

Sounds like you speak with the experience of a person with a hundred conservative friends.

And another.

 

[BoberFett]

I think I just heard "X 8", and the sound of the door slamming shut on another personal bunker o' denial...

And another.

 

[BoberFett]

The Force is strong in this one- the force of denial.

And another.

 

[BoberFett]

Why don't you put your little BB gun plinker aside and fucking man up and enter the conversation. Surely you must have something to say. There is little purpose in announcing to the world every five minutes, that you have an asshole.

And another.

 

[cybrsage]

Fuck be upon you all.

Not sure if this is a wish for wonderful times, or a curse. Who will the fuck be with? That is really the only way to tell.