Are Republican Assholes Born or Made?

[MrScorpio]

[Lost-in-FL]

1. Conservatism is a generic anomaly nt

[Xipe Totec]

2. Preserved through unwanted pregnancy n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

3. LOL!!!! n/t

[Tallison]

4. As Tony Soprano would say...

Whooooooooa!

[alfredo]

5. Yes

[arcadian]

6. I don't think they have assholes

That's why they are so bloated with shit.

[tblue]

7. I think it's congenital in most cases.

You either have the capacity for compassion or you don't. But if a born-healthy person is abused and damaged and left untreated, they can develop a hardened shell for self-defense/preservation. In either case, it's a matter of physiology, me thinks. I honestly believe liberals are higher on the evolutionary scale.

[Joe Fields]

8. I can't tell you if they're born or made, but...

if they're still republican at this point in the game, then they're assholes. (my apologies to those here who have republicans for relatives.)

[Franzia]

19. No apologies necessary.

I have no problem admitting my republican relatives are assholes. :P

And yes, I think they're born. It's an inherited mental deficiency.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. They are carefully taught ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4246489&mesg_id=4246489

[leftofthedial]

10. the wealthy ones (the top 2% or so fo the repukes) are born

the rest are made.

[cynatnite]

11. The only acception to that is Alex P. Keaton...that boy was definitely born a repub...

:smoke:

[SeattleGirl]

12. Born.

There is just no other explanation. :crazy:

[bridgit]

13. Neither, they're hatched from leathery egg sacks like reptiles...

[Poseidan]

14. many assholes are not really assholes

They are actually narrow-minded fools. They have 'tunnel-vision', preventing them from seeing the harm of their actions. Like an animal, who only wants what is pleasurable, not understanding when pleasure for them means pain for others.

[rucky]

15. There's some assholes in-the-rough, with raw asshole talent.

but they need hard work and discipline to shape themselves into the perfect asshole we know they could become.

[sendero]

16. After years of thought and experience..

... I have come to the conclusion that the 70s were mostly bullshit and we are much more products of nature than of nurture.

With dedication and attention we can overcome our nature, but genetics hold a bigger sway on who we are than experience.

Repugs are driven by fear, and that they are born with.

[stillcool]

17. Both. You've got the 2%'ers..

you've got those knocking at the door trying to get in to the 2%'ers club, and then you've got the bottom feeders who idealize the 2%'ers and swallow any kind of demented bullshit they are fed. And then you have the offspring of all of the above.

[PassingFair]

18. Predominantly inherited from your parents.

Although, it DOES appear to be contagious,
with contact with excess money....

[Beregond2]

20. Probably both.

As the shrinks say, most pathologies are "overdetermined."

[Fumesucker]

21. It seems fairly clear to me that it's both..

I was reading a thread here earlier today where several people commented how their dads had gotten very wingnutty over the last ten to twenty years or so where they were pretty reasonable people before.

Reich wing talk radio and Fux Nooz have much to answer for.

But there are also those who are clearly born that way, a lot of them were bullies in grammar and high school.