Republicans appeal to the stupid

[EstimatedProphet]

Freepers and the like. Stupid people.

Republicans like them because they are easy to control. That's the upside. They can have followers.

They forget the downside though, which is...

Their followers are stupid.

[diane in sf]

1. Repug leaders dumb too

In this case I'd have to say the followers were certainly
reflecting the leaders. Low cunning and deviousness are not
intelligence! These people(?) are dumb enough to believe their
own bs.

[EstimatedProphet]

2. No argument there

[newyawker99]

21. Hi diane in sf!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[SoCalDem]

3. I prefer to think of them as "simple"

These are the folks who do not understand nuance, irony, sarcasm, etc.

they are literalists (or they like to think they are)

These are the folks who will willingly vote to give millionaires MORE money, because they THINK that somewhere, a woman will be twarted in her effort to get an abotion.

Or the ones who are "sure" the next knock at their door, is Teddy kennedy, come to collect all their guns.

or the ones who think that if they "work real hard", they will be rich "someday"...(even though they have shitty jobs..3 or 4 of 'em)

Or the ones who believe the parts in the bible that seem to bolster THEIR issues, but totally ignore the parts about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, comforting the sick, etc.
and about rendering unto Caesar (taxes y'all)

[EstimatedProphet]

4. Are you sure you're not describing stupid people?

Kinda sounds that way to me:)

[SoCalDem]

5. Simple people think they are smart.. Most stupid people I have known

never pretended to know much... some readily admitted they didn't know much :P

[EstimatedProphet]

6. "some readily admitted they didn't know much"

Now that, I would call true wisdom...

[tabasco]

10. I think you have it quite backwards!

You have had different experiences. The smartest people I know admit their utter ignorance. The stupid people I know think thwey know everything (that is why they stopped learning).

[SoCalDem]

12. potato-potahto. I guess they both have common traits

:hi:

the "simple" people I have met think in black & white.. either/or.. there is a set pattern for everything, and they are convinced theirs is the ONLY way..even when they are proven wrong, time and again..

[stepnw1f]

7. Too Stupid to Even WIn a War

with all the might in the World. They lied us in, now they are trying to lie us out. FUCKING STUPID....

Ask a Republican what he/she/it cares about today..... TAXES!!! Well guess what, under Republican leadership every American child is born into 20-30,000 dollars of DEBT! Fucking STUPID!

[3waygeek]

8. Not just the stupid

but also the mentally ill.

[EstimatedProphet]

13. Too true

[JuniperLea]

9. I bet you could find hard numbers to back that up

There must be stupidity statistics!

:)

[tabasco]

11. You have to be pretty darned stupid to be shakng a guy's hand,

see him picking your pocket, and keep on shaking his hand being friendly. The republicans keep picking their pockets and the stupid idiots line up for more.

[demosincebirth]

14. They also appeal to the bigoted and racist in our society.

I know a few of them and they are all right wing republicans

[valerief]

15. If you told them they were concrete thinkers, they'd think it was a

compliment.

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[moondust]

17. and the super-greedy and super-selfish.

[rainbow4321]

18. They remind me of a doll where you pull it's string...

Pre-programmed with only 1 or 2 responses. Brainwashed, in their case.

Repuke co-worker of mine favorite line "Better we fight them over there than over here"

Every fucking time it's what he resorts to when he can't defend his repuke/chimp's actions or how badly the wars are going.

Typical of the conversations we have had:
Chimp's buddies making all the war $$ while our troops have their families send them upgraded armor..or when the injured troops had to buy their OWN meals at Walter Reed
"Uh, better to fight them over there..blah, blah

85% of the kids in Afghanistan STILL can't attend school
"Um, better to fight them over there..blah, blah

Women's right being no better in Saudi Arabia than they are in Iraq or Afghanistan

"Uh, better to fight them..."


I think he's had a triple helping of the Kool-aid!

[Bluebear]

19. Incurious, at BEST. nt

[yurbud]

20. they saw the downside after first Gulf War. Papa Bush decided he needed to leave Saddam in place

but the righties so bought into the "Saddam is Hitler" crap, that they actually abandoned Bush to hold onto the propaganda.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. It Has Been A Willful Strategy

They have intentionally targeted the least informed and educated, and targeted issues that touch the darker angels of our nature to acquire the power they obtained. It's really quite sickening.
The Professor

[EstimatedProphet]

23. That's absolutely true, and to my point as well

In so doing, they have gained power in the short run, which is what they wanted. Being short-sided, they overlooked the implications, namely: that a stupid populace is undesireable for many reasons. If they were (or still are) to continue on the path they chose, they would continue to have power, but it would be power over stupid people, and society would suffer. They might control society, but it would be a backwater society without all the nice shiny objects they desire - control over cutting-edge technology, advances in medicine, developments in electronic gizmos, etc. just to name a few. All the things that we have learned in the last 50 years to think of as truly 'American'.

I guess what I'm saying is, what's the point in ruling if you rule idiots?