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laugh though we may, there is a certain scientific truth to this theory, and I think it is worth delving into.
those who are into being republican (or fundamentalists also fit in that mold), I've often thought must have something different wired in their brains that keeps hem from being able to make distinctions in the gray area of things, want to label things black and white, and also not be able to process information that is disagreeable, and who believe that there is one, indisputable, absolute truth.
of course, grab a handful of republicans, and compare any group of fundamentalists, and you might find some different truths - but each individual person will be absolutely 100% sure that their truth is total truth.
Unlike the liberal (using that term in the tradtional sense of "liberal arts", etc.) is able to take a truth, but see the holes, and still take the truth. So the liberals can take the Bible, say "He - creationcouldn't have been done in a day, and what about evolution?" and still remain Christian (or even Jewish). The republican/fundamentalist mind cannot, and must force science to fit into their sense of biblical truth.
Or they say, "I'm married and hetero; therefore, the only possible way to be is hetero and married" or "my mother had children, so therefore, all women should have children." etc.
And their brains are wired for accepting - even strongly desiring - that someone be an authority. Group conensus doesn't work for them, and co-leaders don't work for them. The want to be "given" the truth, instead of searching for it themselves.
And of course, who are the ones who give them the truth? The psychotics, who realize that they will have great power over those people.
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