Why are republicans so intolerant?
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It's inherent in the idea of tradition and conformity, which are strong conservative values.\n\nThe conservative model advocates slow change, conformity and respect for doing things the same way they had been done. They oppose radical shifts, and fringe or alternative lifestyles, because those tend to be (as they believe) destablizing influences.\n\nThey also tend to believe that groups make decisions better than individuals, and that people should not be allowed to make choices that are harmful. It's a very parental attitude.
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Republicans don't have a clue what it means to be free, they are just uptight religious people who should really find new agenda instead of attacking people's right to be happy with whom ever they want to be
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THEY ARE PROGRAMMED TO BELIEVE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY REPRESENTS EVERYDAY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.  WHEN EVERYBODY THAT HAS EVERYDAY WORKING CLASS COMMON SENSE KNOWS THAT THE REPUBLICANS REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE BIG CORPORATIONS THAT HATE EVERYDAY WORKINGCLASS PEOPLE.  THE NEOCONS SUCK UP BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GET A HANDOUT THAT NEVER WILL COME.
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Because it plays in simple minds...\n\nThe Republicans are masters of simple, black and white thought and correlative, rather than causative logic!. \n\nCommunists are evil... social programs are associated with communism... democrats support social programs... democrats must be communists... thus Democrats are evil!\n\nDemocrats are evil...Republicans don't like Democrats... Republicans are good! \n\nAlso, all you have to do to be a good Republican is SAY what you are for/against. You don't really ever have to do it (or not do it). It makes life MUCH easier. \n\n"We don't have to debate what we should think about homosexual behavior. It's written in the Bible!" - Ted Haggard\n(we know how that ended up!) \n\nRepublicans - For Fiscal Responsibilty! - 1% INCREASE in National Debt annually under Bush\n\nDemocrats - Evil Spenders! - 4% DECREASE in National Debt annually under Clinton\n\nEnough... I think I have made my point. \n\nGo Lemmings, Go!
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Ditto.  Some conservatives are so angry at me I just half to laugh\n\n\nAlso.Look at Irishharpist's answer. Typical for someone who has\n  fallen under Coulter's toxic trance.Typical.
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People I know say they vote Republican because they want morality and fiscal responsibility.   After a while they couldn't ignore the magnitude and the cynicism of the betrayal their elected official were perpetrating.
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Republicans have a wonderful knack for making people feel good about them, even though they are genocidal and destructive anti-moral degenerates.\n\nThe best thing about Republicans is that they are causing many people of all stripes to pull together to kick them out and save democracy.  People are fearful of the dismantling of the US Constitution, of the upcoming laws which prevent people from traveling without permission from the government, of the wiretapping of phones and computers, of the 2007 National ID card which will have infra red tracking.\n\nCitizens worry about imminent domain and the 800 brand new concentration camps that the conservative right has complained are placed around the country and up and running with staff already.  The Republicans have painted a smiley face on all of this and now it's gone to far.  Join your fellow Americans, even the Neocon's Christian Conservative Base for vigils at the polls.  Monitor what happens when you vote in the hackable, glitch-filled Republican voting machines.  Help everyone take America back.\n\n(Social Conservatives Questioning Past Support for GOP as Evidence of Large Numbers of Gay Republican Leaders Grows):\nhttp://www.proudofwhoweare.org/story8.html
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Not all Republicans are the same, of course, but a generalization that may be useful to you, is this:\n\n   In general, Republicans have figured out by the time they reach adulthood what their values and major beliefs are, and when they begin their adult life, the quest for knowledge becomes less of a priority. This is because they know what they need to know, to advance their career, or raise a family, or whatever it is that they're doing.\n   So they appear ignorant, because they may seem incurious in new sources of knowledge. This can also make them appear narrow-minded. And the fact that they have the audacity to say, "Thank you, but I don't need your knowledge, mine works just fine," strikes many as being arrogant.
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Republicans are what's WRONG with America.  They are the ones breeding ignorance and hatred. They're killing us.
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Nope -- terrorists hate us whether we are Republican or Demorcrat or nothing.  They hate that we are free and have the freedom to speak out and worship how we choose.  I'd rather have a president who is willing to take the offensive  than somone who tries to hug the terrorists and have a bomb tossed in our pocket while doing it.
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Ignore them. LIBERALS always do that when anyone disagrees with them on anything that can even be remotely tied to race. Liberals are really the most intolerant people I have ever seen by far in my nearly 55 years on Earth.
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Republican christians are hypocrites,apparently.\n\nThanks for the links! Love'em.
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Because Republicans are out to destroy our country.
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See your already talking like them!  Yet you deny their support of your party??  What a laugh!\nBTW, it was a republican (Lincoln) who started the civil war to STOP oppression you troglodyte.
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I'm not a Republican myself, but I know several people who are deeply upset that their party is responsible for causing so much harm.  The problem is, they're not too thrilled with the alternatives either.\n\nPeople who still support Bush, at this point, are either painfully ignorant or pathologically delusional.  Maybe they're caught up in the gamesmanship of it; it's like rooting for a sports team and they'll keep rooting for their team no matter what, without thought. Or maybe they're motivated by hate and fear.  Or maybe they were raised with certain alliegances and now they would feel disloyal if they changed.\n\nBottom line is, they're misinformed, uninformed, prejudiced or just plain stupid.
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Liberals are known as being opportunists. They look to gain from others missteps or misfortunes.  That being the case, they don't try to solve problems, they only look to tear down the right wing.   Although Republicans are disliked,particularly these days, at least they take actions rather than wait to feed off of others problems
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I guess it just isn't easy to accept the Republican criminals robbing, raping, ruining, our country and many others.  It does make you mad to think that these scumbags are just out for personal gain while most people care about others.  They are racists, bigots and want to drown welfare babies in the bathtub.  They hate minorities, immigrants, and everyone who is not a member of the golf club, they SUCK.\n\nThat makes the more sane part of the population a bit mad.  \nNot that Democrats are that much better... they suck too.