So, why do members of the Reactionary Right hold the views they do?

[arbusto_baboso]

[Bosso 63]

1. Fear is the mind-killer. .

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration..

Frank Herbert

[arbusto_baboso]

3. One of my favorite quotes from my favorite book.

I think you may be on to something.

[damntexdem]

2. Greedy. They may differ on all the others, but greed binds them together.

[ipfilter]

4. They are selfish.

They believe all taxes are bad and all Government is wasteful.

[StClone]

5. Authoritarianism

Humorous and easy to read long term Scientific Study indicating where these types comes from.

Free On-line PDF: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

[RegieRocker]

6. The EGO. They are incapable of seeing another side to any viewpoint

for to do so would destroy it. Their EGO is that fragile.

[Johonny]

7. most don't hold that view

until they are told to. Most root team Republican. Only once they are told their position and are given/told reasons to hold that view do they hold that view. The reason need not be good or well thought out it need only exist. Most aren't rooting for policies they just told to root.

[Mnemosyne]

8. I picked 'All of the above', but also agree with 'Other's answers in this thread. n/t

[SheilaT]

9. For reasons I cannot understand, a lot of people

identify with the wealthy class, even though they have no business doing so. Another aspect is that kids are not taught to think in school, and often they are punished for doing any real thinking. So it becomes a whole lot easier to just go along with what certain others tell them.

Another hugely important aspect, in my opinion, is that religion also explicitly teaches people not to think for themselves. Even the most "liberal" religion still says, This is the Truth, This is the Correct Way to Be a (Christian, Jew, Moslem, whatever) and that becomes a comfort zone for a lot of people.

[DenverDad]

10. Agree with that.

Identifying with the wealthy is like identifying with the "popular" kids in high school. You BELIEVE that it makes you one of THEM, even though you never will be.

It's also racism. They could never take the same position as a "minority", because "heaven forbid" they be associated with "them".

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. My only ctitique is the stupid... they are not stupid

they are WILLFULLY ignorant.