CONSERVATISM HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO NOT BE A PHILOSOPHY BUT A PATHOLOGY

Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree

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CONSERVATISM HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO NOT BE A PHILOSOPHY, 
BUT A PATHOLOGY

The primary reason that so many conservatives are in love with Donald Trump is because he’s a perfect reflection of themselves, right down to the last flaw. While he doesn’t share any of their alleged “values” (Trump doesn't have any), but he does share their pathology, and they love him for it, because as President, he validates their belief that their flaws aren’t really that bad. But simply believing such a fantasy is a flaw in itself – it’s delusional.
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Conservatism’s not a political philosophy, it’s a mental dysfunction that causes a person to desperately cling to past traditions and concepts that’s familiar to them at all cost. That’s how the so-called political philosophy got its name. Conservatives are dedicated to “conserving” all things that are familiar, and they consider anything unfamiliar as a threat. The primary reason for that is, more often than not, conservatives are not the most intellectual among us, and they're so untrustworthy themselves, that they assume everyone else shares that trait, so they consider anything requiring thinking outside of the box a possible ploy, and not to be trusted. That's why so many conservatives reject the the concept of climate change. They consider the concept an elitist conspiracy, and they consider anyone who went past high school, or who's arrogant enough to try to think, an elitist.
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So, unlike progressives, who are analytical, fascinated by new possibilities, and eagerly embrace “progress”, conservatives are more inclined not to trust anything new. They’re more comfortable with the status quo. They rely on the minds of the past to guide them. That way, they’re not required to think.
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That accounts for how so many of them can claim to be Christians while at

the same time lacking in any and all moral values. They don’t care anything about morality – if they did, they wouldn’t have slaughtered over 200 million Native Americans to steal their land, or enslaved over 12.5 million Africans to steal their labor, or engaged in 400 years of the most virulent forms of bigotry. They guided by The Doctrine of Discovery, which makes it morally acceptable to exploit anyone unlike themselves.
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But they can't see that, because they’re blind to any facts that don’t serve their interests. So they tend to be autocrats by their very nature – they have to be to maintain the status quo and desperately avoid all manner of thought. Thus, it's not enough for them to control their own thoughts and behavior, they're not comfortable unless they can also control your thoughts and behavior as well. That's where their religion comes in - their claims of piety allows them to also claim that they’re controlling behavior is blessed and ordained by God. In other words, it's not so much that they choose to tell you how to live your life, but God chose them for the job.

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RUSH: ANOTHER DRAFT DODGER

We've just witnessed a perfect example of their "nothing-else-needs-to-be-said" hypocrisy, in that regard. While the Republican Party claims to be the ultimate patriots who love God and country with a unique dedication more passionate than any other group in the world, in spite of the fact that they swore before God, country, and on the very graves of this nation's founding fathers that they’d be completely nonpartisan in their judgment during Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, after it was proven, without a doubt, that their hero used the founding document of this land for toilet paper, they simply said “We don’t want to hear any more”, and began to chant, “FOUR MORE YEARS!”. That proves irrefutably that the GOP's true convictions entail embracing whatever happens to be convenient for them at the moment, and that they’re completely willing to ignore God, country, or any oath administered to accommodate their own needs. Such people are dangerous, and much too reckless, self-serving, and immoral to be trusted with the reins of power.

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REPUBLICAN SENATOR MITT ROMNEY

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When viewed from an objective perspective, it becomes clear why conservatives love Donald Trump so passionately - they love him because they’re just like him - they're ignorant, deceitful, self-serving, narcissistic, and corrupt. And that doesn't constitute a political philosophy, that’s an American disability. So the bottom line is, if America intends to survive as a nation, rabid conservatism is a disease that urgently needs to be addressed, treated, and eradicated.

Eric L. Wattree
Http://wattree.blogspot.com
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Religion: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.