Daily Kos Week In Review: Conservatives On The Couch
Sigmund Freud's reputation isn't what it used to be, but his thinking still influences behavior such as the left's tendency to psychoanalyze the right. This past week, one Kossack speculated that the forced-haircut incident suggests Mitt Romney may have a serious personality disorder, and another informally diagnosed conservatives as "completely off their rockers" and "f---ing nuts."
As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
mel4444: Romney may be sociopathic...
...Romney also claims that he doesn't remember...To forget something like an assault and battery on a classmate is something that one might expect, well, from a sociopath...
Hunter: ...and the GOP is crazy...
...I think...that the election of the first black president sent a good portion of [Republicans] completely off their rockers, perhaps for reasons not even they themselves can parse out. When you look around you, after an economic collapse caused by greed and fraud and imaginary paperwork, and after all the bullying pseudo-patriotism of the Bush years, and after seeing all the simple, easy-to-understand charts that show how certain wealthy interests have made off better and better over the last years and decades, while everyone else, the whole of the rest of the country, has been doing worse...if you can look around at all that and see a march to socialism in all of it, than you are simply not a rational person. There is something wrong with you. You, dear conservative, are fucking nuts...
David Satterlee: ...not to mention mean...
...[T]he Republican party is structured for divisiveness and conflict rather than constructive citizenship...
This conservative disposition tends toward “Leave me alone, I’ll take care of myself and you take care of yourself,” or simply “fuck you”...The moderate liberal center, however, tends toward “we’re all in this together.” Oddly, while this conservative position pointedly rejects the interests of others, the liberal position embraces and empathizes with the interests of others including, ironically, conservatives...
T C Gibian: ...and desperate
After years of stealth promotion of their agenda, the Republicans are going for broke -- why now, and why with such intensity?...
...The theory presents itself that the current Republican ferocity at "right wing social engineering" is not motivated by the assurance of victory, but by the fear of total loss. Perhaps they sense that their time is ending, that their power is falling away, and that they are doomed, like a hooked fish flapping its last on a boat deck. What we are witnessing from the Republicans may not be a victorious rush from the trenches to smash all opposition, but rather a fanatical banzai charge which will result in their inevitable defeat...
Dartagnan: Lugar, beaten by hatred and ignorance
...[Lugar] was defeated in large part by the same coalition of billionaires and their ersatz shadow groups that have, through their race-tinged propaganda and manipulation of social issues, captured what miserably passes for the "imagination" of the Republican base, a base so deluded with white-hot hatred that they are long past even a dim awareness of what they're voting for. It's a base that has no interest in helping the conditions of American citizens in their current economic straits, and ultimately no interest in governing. It's a blind, flailing juggernaut of pure hatred and ignorance, a lobotomized snake striking dumbly and without sense everything that it confronts...
Hunter: Here comes the Republican gay-bashing
...[E]very good Republican presidential campaign needs a threatening, omnipresent villain to mount furious battle against. These are typically brown people, or "welfare queens," or people who don't like war enough, or when the Republicans are really hard up it's "flag burners"...This year it looks like Teh Gays are going to stand in for that existential threat to all that we know and love, since not hating gays sufficiently is now declaring "War on Marriage." Well, it was going to be them or the Occupy folks, I guess. It's not conservatism unless you're trying to condemn or oppress someone...
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Wow I am glad conservatives are on the couch
Submitted by ohio granny on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:53am.
I am glad conservatives are on the couch and not under the bed with their fingers in their ears and their eyes closed.
Most conservatives try to listen to reason, but liberals close their eyes and cover their ears because they are so afraid of hearing or seeing anything that might differ from their viewpoint.
It is true what Ronald Reagan said. The trouble with libs/dems is they know so much that is not true.
Kosmonut criticism?
Submitted by Huapakechi on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:02am.
Consider the source.
When that many rabidly deranged socialists communicate within their group about threats to their agenda, there can only be a cacophony of screaming rage against the perceived enemies of their program of destroying the freedoms of capitalistic societies.
I can only liken their actions to the reaction of a troupe of monkeys when they discover a snake in their favorite tree.
Economics simplified:
Capitalism: Looking for a black cat in a dark room.
Fascism: Using taxpayer money to pay professional cat catchers to search in the wrong room.
Communism: Looking for a black cat in a dark room, but the cat is gone.
Chinese Communism: Looking for the cat in a dark room, no cat, and yelling "I've got it!" every few minutes.
"o"bamanism: Hold up a bag and declare "I've got the cat, but I won't show it to you."
You're wrong...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:14am.
It should be a "troop" of monkeys.
Jer
Queen's English, Jer.
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:49am.
You better tell the UK Daily Telegraph that they misspelled Troupe, Jer. They seem a bit confused about the English language.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Who cares about the Brits...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 11:04am.
We're in America. One more screw up by Huapakechi and I'm going straight to the admins.
Jer
When did you move?
Submitted by CobraMan on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 11:17am.
I thought you were in Canada?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Jer, the Grand Liberal Panjandrum, who---
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:24pm.
simply cannot, or will not, accept the validity of this site, or conservatives, who prove over and over that the claims that vilify Democrats are NOT crackpot claims, but instead, truthful statements.
MD
Get well buddy. I don't know how you do it so I will just copy and paste the best of MD and drive Uncle Jer nuts while you are recovering.
I really get disgusted seeing this idiotic psychoblab.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:29am.
Mel44444 doesn't know what a sociopath is, and certainly would not recognize one. "To forget something like assault and battery" is rather pathetic. The event was alleged to have occurred nearly a half-century ago, and memories of adolescent events are often the first forgotten because they have little or no relevance to an otherwise adjusted, functioning person. Mel44444 (a little OCD there, Melsy?) sounds like he/she/it is projecting he/she/its own neuroses and producing a false emotional narrative. Very lame, and right out of the playbook of some college student trying desperately to sound relevant after taking that Abnormal Psych course and believing they have practicing credentials. Sorry, Melsy, you're full of crap. Stick to the gossip boards when you cruise the internet in your mommy's basement.
As for Hunter's post, let me just say that "nuts" is not a psychological or psychiatric term. "Fixated" or "obsessed" certainly is, as are "deluded" and "cognitively impaired". Hard to tell which Hunter might be, but the historical patterns of Hunter's posts make me suspect a combination of delusions and obsessions. Delusions and obsessions differ from each other largely by the amount of functionality they take from the patient, e.g. a delusion doesn't keep someone from the activities of daily living (ADLs), but obsessions certainly do. Hunter's fixations on conservatives, along with the delusions he/she/it writes into the cespool blog known as DKos, are certainly entertaining and instructive on how to avoid becoming obsessed. Perhaps some avoidance CBT would help poor Hunter.
TC Gibbian (or is that "gibbon" as in the monkey species?) presents us with yet another post that reads like some distressed college student desperate to impress a 60's has-been radical professor with an essay that hits conservatives just to get that grade up from a "C" to a "B". We can be sure our little gibbon would also clean the professor's coat by picking off fleas and gather berries and roots for it too.
Dartagnan is showing off the results of the most recent creative writing course he/she/it took. Stick to stories about castles, wizards and magic. J. R. R. Tolkien you are not, Dart.
Let's see
Submitted by LinTaylor on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 11:25am.
"This conservative disposition tends toward “Leave me alone, I’ll take care of myself and you take care of yourself,” or simply “fuck you”"
Or, more appropriately, "We trust individuals to be smart and strong enough to stand on their own two feet without constant babying, because we think individual exceptionalism is a good thing."
"...The moderate liberal center, however, tends toward “we’re all in this together.”"
Again, more like "Life is eternal torment and you're an incompetent boob who doesn't know what's best for him/herself. Shut up and hand control over to a faceless, uncaring government while we give you vapid televised garbage to keep you placated."
Isn't it fun?
Too bad we can't get Condi
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:58pm.
Too bad we can't get Condi Rice to run for President.
That would really set the Kossaks off.
When You're a Liberal
Submitted by LinTaylor on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:20pm.
I had these thoughts about an hour ago, and I decided to put them all down for posterity.
When you're a Liberal, you understand the meaning of life: there is none. We're all the result of random chance, one egg and sperm out of a nearly infinite number that could have easily become someone else. Therefore, there's nothing sacred or special at all about being alive.
When you're a Liberal, you understand religion perfectly. It's all just a bunch of mouth-breathing morons trying to indoctrinate everyone else to their way of thinking. If they were really smart, they'd be Liberal like you, so you should tell them that over and over again.
When you're a Liberal, you have a firm grasp of reality. The Muslim religion, which says non-believers should be converted or killed, is just misunderstood. But the Catholic religion, which says "love thy neighbor", is just a bunch of child-molesting, woman-hating Neanderthals.
When you're a Liberal, you understand the universe better than anyone else. In a cosmic sense, we're just borrowing everything. That means the money you thought you earned for a hard day's work is actually the government's, and it's their right to take it away and give it to someone else as they wish.
When you're a Liberal, you're just plain smarter than everyone else. The dictionary might say that "skinny" means "thin", but you know it really means "stupid Negro monkey", and anyone who uses it is hiding a white hood and a noose behind his back.
When you're a Liberal, you understand others perfectly. If a Conservative uses the term "bullet point", it means she's telling her brainwashed minions to go out and shoot a Liberal, and that's just proof that she needs to be killed herself.
When you're a Liberal, you know that decorum is key. This is something those braindead, racist, homophobic psychopath Rethuglicans don't understand, and they deserve to be raped up the ass by a gay man with a large penis and then shot dead for their blind hatred.
When you're a Liberal, you know that tolerance is important. The Arab man who wants to kill you for not worshiping his god? You just need to sit down and have a good conversation. But the straight, middle-class white male over there? He's Hitler.
When you're a Liberal, you're the life of the party. You understand how funny it is to talk about Conservatives getting payback for being such intolerant assholes, and if they disagree, they just don't understand comedy like you do.
When you're a Liberal, you know that violence is never the answer. When someone holds you at knifepoint and clearly wants to kill you, the best thing to do is shrug and accept it. Fighting back just makes you a thug.
When you're a Liberal, you're the ultimate pragmatist. Conservatives whine about responsibility, but you know it's all a crock. If a woman gets pregnant when she didn't mean to, there's nothing wrong with flushing that worthless clump of cells down the toilet.
When you're a Liberal, you know all about economics. Anyone who makes over a certain amount of money is a robber-baron who wants to kill the poor. The best thing to do is storm his office, slit his throat, and give his money to college students who smoke pot and play "Halo" all day, because they're the real heroes.
When you're a Liberal, you understand racism perfectly. Only whites can be racist; when a group of black teens beats an elderly white woman to death and robs her house, she probably deserved it for secretly hating them or something.
When you're a Liberal, you understand truth better than anyone else. Just because facts disagree with you means nothing. If you think someone's a draft-dodger, ignore the obviously forged counter-evidence and keep hammering that fact until people listen.
When you're a Liberal, you understand human nature. We're all a bunch of worthless losers who would walk off a cliff if we didn't have a strong, distant guiding hand to tell us where to go, what to eat, and how to think.
When you're a Liberal, nothing is more important than family. Parents are great, but when you get older you need bigger parents, and who's bigger than the President of the United States?
When you're a Liberal, you stand by your friends no matter what. The worst possible thing you can do is disagree with someone you admire, so save those tough questions about the economy for a Republican slimeball and ask about his golf score instead.
When you're a Liberal, you have your priorities straight. Nobody cares about crap like unemployment, war, or the economy. What's really important is giving the thumbs-up to gay marriage.
When you're a Liberal, you're an excellent judge of character. Grade school pranks and summer vacation spots are a better yardstick than what someone did two or three months ago.
When you're a Liberal, you're the best kind of patriot. You know that America is a rotting, selfish cesspool that isn't worthy of the respect and admiration those dumbass Repuglicans give it, and if they were smart like you they'd want to be more like Greece or France.
But most importantly, when you're a Liberal, you know that you're perfect, and anyone who disagrees with you is just in denial of reality.