Is there an explanation for WHY the Republicans think the way they do?? On the MBTI scale, where are

[opihimoimoi]

they?

If we look for clues...what are their charactoristics?

Denial of Facts

Anger

Vindictive

Use of deception, distraction, and Blame

Excuses

Possess a disdain for science

Domination

Bully attitudes

Myopic vision

Lack of real Solutions

Rigidness/stubborn

Please add if you wish...

Is there a system to treat large groups in some kind of therapy? Heavens knows we need HELP....

Treating Group Bullies has to be a new science....but as yet, not in place...

[HereSince1628]

1. Google Jost et al Conservatism as Cognative Motivation

This group of nationally recognized psychologists and social scientists published something of an explanation in the Bulletin of Psychology several years ago.

It's a bit technical but it explains most of your concerns.

[opihimoimoi]

21. OMG...Most cannot respond to group therapy....we are stuck with them...OMG

[DrDan]

2. sure there is - the one overarching characteristic of ALL republicans is

their greed.

Any solution coming from an R is guaranteed to provide a personal benefit at someone else's expense. They are greedy to a fault!!!!!

[opihimoimoi]

6. Dammit...I forgot about the SELFISHNESS Card....Thank you reminding

:toast:

[Mountainman]

7. Their greed coupled with the inability to have empathy for someone else.

I worked with a very conservative woman. She was an office manager and she treated the people she supervised like shit. When ever I questioned her about what she was doing, she could not understand how her subordinates felt about it. It wasn't that she didn't care, she was incapable of caring.

I've met many conservatives like that.

[opihimoimoi]

12. Hi there Bob....Yup, Lack of Empathy is one I missed too.

How are them Cats??

[Mountainman]

14. opihimoimoi hello,

I'm moving from the mountains to Santa Barbara. Got rid of horses, dogs and kept the cats.


How's life?

[opihimoimoi]

18. MOVING??? from the beautiful Mountains?? Oh Well, lifes a bitch and you move on I guess, LOL

Life is still good but sometimes a bitch too.

I am still retired but working 2 3 hours a day doing ceramics...kinda hobby with a few bucks earned...

No more crabs/fishes/shrimp...but still clinging to a few hermit crabs...

Good to see a few ole Democrats keeping them Pubs feet to the fire....lol

Opi

[TooBigaTent]

3. Best to simply purge them from normal humans. Perhaps a colony off the

coast of Antarctica.

[opihimoimoi]

24. let them eat krill....lol

[A wise Man]

4. Alien like

[Cant trust em]

5. You should read a book called

"Bush on the couch. Inside the mind of the president."

It talks about how Barbara's stoicism and emphasis on repression of feelings has contributed to the myopic way he sees the world. The death of an early sibling was very influential in how GWB deals with difficulty.

[opihimoimoi]

8. I have read parts of it...Thank you...It was quite negative in a clinical way

[Atman]

9. The trouble is, you'll find that same list posted about us on their sites.

Okay, maybe not the "disdain for science" one. They claim we want to control everyone. They say we lack solutions. They say we're rigid and stubborn. Pretty much everything on your list. It's a total lack of understanding of each others' positions caused, at least in part, by blinding ideology.

.

[A wise Man]

17. They always describe themselves through others

[opihimoimoi]

20. Kinda like Projecting???

[DemGa]

10. Opposite of Intuition (N); Opposite of Feeling (F)

they like order, so they are judging (J).

[opihimoimoi]

11. Yes, they have neater homes, organized, etc. The Libs are messier, but more optimistic

and have more books, etc touching on greater amount of subjects, etc.

Ingrained...both sides are ridgid in their beliefs/styles/etc.

[swoop]

13. I don't think it's helpful to paint them all with such a broad brush.

And if they did it to us, I'd tell them the same thing. Demonizing them may make you FEEL good, superior for awhile but, at heart, you know it's not true--and it's not really fair. They can be on opposite sides of the political spectrum--disagree--with the people here without being called evil.

[Mountainman]

15. I don't think it is demonizing them. There are certain personality characteristics that

conservatives have and that liberals have. It is not necessarily good or bad. No value judgment needs to be made on it.

Conservatives also seem to accept responsibility for their lives where I think a lot of liberals feel they are victim of circumstances or actions of others.

[Bonhomme Richard]

16. First you start with the Fear Gene which is way out of control.

Then add a lack cognitive thinking.
Throw in a massive inferiority complex, bad job, a need to control, a need to be controlled,lousy wife, ignorant kids, and a complete lack of confidence..........and there you have it. A republican
That is unless you are a republican politician. If that is the case just add a need to bully, unending greed and an amoral character.

[opihimoimoi]

19. LOL, lemme get youy a case of Fine Wine and smoked salmon

:toast:

[ConsAreLiars]

22. Cow War Diss

There is only one way to understand these weaklings. They are cowards to their very core. Like cows, they gullibly follow and lead one another into a slaughterhouse. And as cowards, they are so fearful they want WAR to murder every "other" they encounter. And they think their own virtue is somehow enhanced in proportion to the vehemence they exhibit in "dissing" (that would be the polite term) whatever group they see as vulnerable.

[opihimoimoi]

23. Hiding behind a Military Force to Mask their Fears...they succumb to the High Cost

Sun Tsu sez there are many ways to defeat your enemies...among them...weaken their economies/morale/and infrastructure.