William Rivers Pitt: Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane

[xchrom]

http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/half-republicans-you-know-are-insane



If I may, I would like to go over some figures with you regarding the current situation in America. I know numbers are boring and often perplexing in the main - I was an English Major, so if you put a pistol to my head and demanded I do long division, the pistol would have a better chance of coming up with the right answer before you painted the wall with my literature degree - but these numbers, I think, speak volumes, and have an unfortunately dramatic bearing on the state of modern American politics.

Public Policy Polling did a survey on the preponderance of belief in conspiracy theories among American voters, and the results are telling. For example, a question was posed about whether the respondents believe the Obama administration is coming to take their guns away, and 62% of Republicans answered "Yes." If you know five Republicans, that means three of them believe this, and a fourth has doubts. This, despite the fact that no gun legislation of any impact whatsoever has shadowed the president's desk since he took office.

When asked if they believe that Mr. Obama is secretly plotting to remain in office when his term expires, 44% of Republicans answered "Yes." If you know five Republicans, that means two of them believe this, and a third is halfway convinced. This, despite any supporting evidence whatsoever, and the fact that the man will be arrested and detained if he tries to enter the White House again after the inauguration in January of 2017.

When asked if Muslims are working to implement Sharia Law in America - the harshly medieval seventh-century Islamic code best represented by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Wahabists in the ranks of al Qaeda and (shhhh) a significant portion of the rebels in Syria - 44% of Republicans said it was true. If you know five Republicans, once again, two of them believe this, and a third is halfway convinced. Um...how? Where? In what way? Because women can now get free contraception and gay people have the same rights as you do? You think the Taliban is down with that?

[JHB]

1. May I suggest adding a colon in the subject line, after "Pitt"?

I think more than half of Republicans at least think Will is insane, though you're probably right that half "know" it.

[xchrom]

2. ...

[Motown_Johnny]

3. More than half, some just hide it well

It is hard to find a sane Republican and when you do, he or she is so evil as to boarder on being criminally insane.

[annabanana]

4. If you know one of these people . . .

Follow them to the voting booth to UNDO THE DAMAGE!!!

(I am not prone to caps lock but, FOR CRIST'S SAKE DON'T LET THEM VOTE ALONE!!!)


great article, Will....

[lpbk2713]

5. So be careful next time you ride a crowded elevator.

[JNinWB]

6. The word I use is "Delusional", not insane.

I came up with word delusional when describing religious fundies, and now it fits the TeaPartiers, too.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. Muslims won't demand Sharia law here...

until their numbers get stronger.

[HereSince1628]

8. Well, that's to be expected from the adjective deprived

We wouldn't accept a term for an opponent that disparages the LGBTC. But stigmatizing the mentally ill is AOK.

Mission Control to Pitt...PROCEED TO RENDEZVOUS, satisfy needs of stigmatizers.