LOL! Conservatives -- How your friends see you...

[1monster]

[mokawanis]

1. My first good laugh of the day

Maybe I'll post it on FB and piss off my conservative nephew who think all liberals should leave the country.

[Duval]

2. This So describes my son, and,

although I would love to send this to him, we are hardly speaking as it is. He is a rabid Republican, as I have posted before ad nauseum. Am trying hard to "let it go". He used to be normal. Sigh

[mountain grammy]

16. I'm so grateful that my children have remained Democrats

although not as liberal as me. My son told me in 2011 he wouldn't vote for Obama again. I said who are you going to vote for? That was during the GOP "debates" and he wouldn't answer. When Rmoney was nominated, my granddaughters, age 12 and 8, mocked Rmoney continuously. I'm certain my son voted for Obama.

[NBachers]

21. Ya know, it's funny- If my son said, "Dad, I'm gay" I'd be, "OK, that's cool, let's talk about it."

If he turned out republican, I'd throw my arm across my brow and wail, "My God, What Have I Done Wrong!? I gave you everything! I Have No Son!"

[pink-o]

29. That's cuz being Republican is a choice

And one only makes such a choice if he's fearful, uneducated, and worried someone else is gonna take what's his.

Or: He's rich, manipulative, and loves the Status Quo because it's lined his coffers. Then he spends his time fomenting the ones in the former paragraph.

Now, our kids can be influenced, but if they're critical thinkers and raised by example, the chances are slim they'll go over to the dark side. It does happen, but luckily it's pretty rare.

[UrbScotty]

3. Can we PLEASE stop insulting whiny little children by comparing them to far-right-wingers?

Thank you.

[TeamPooka]

8. lol

[calimary]

13. That's an insult to snot-noses everywhere!

[ErikJ]

4. Studies show: Whiny Children Grow Up to Be Conservatives

Whiny Children Grow Up to Be Conservatives

What happens when professors from Berkeley get together with Canadians? Sunday's Toronto Star reported on a study from the Journal of Research into Personality that concluded that insecure kids look for the reassurance provided by tradition and authority, and find it in conservative politics. The more confident kids are eager to explore alternatives to the way things are and gravitate toward liberal politics. A similar 2003 study out of Stanford concluded that people who are dogmatic, fearful, intolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty, and who crave order and structure are more likely to gravitate to conservatism. Critics branded it the "conservatives are crazy" study and accused the authors of a political bias.

The truth hurts, no?

Just to present an alternative theory, the Star offers "that even if they really did tend to be insecure complainers as kids, they might simply have recognized that the world is a scary, unfair place. The safest thing is to stick to tradition could well be the right one. As for their 'rigidity,' maybe that's just moral certainty."

Of course, whiny-ness and insecurity also means overcompensation. Ever wonder why draft-dodging Republicans are so eager to beat their chest and send other people's kids to war?

Donnie Fowler
San Francisco
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donnie-fowler/whiny-children-grow-up-to_b_17754.html

[1monster]

5. More and more studies seem to end up with very similar conclusions.

[calimary]

17. This is great, and the link had some hidden GEMS!!!

I made a note of it for my quotes file. Whenever I need a laugh from some teabagger nut railing against all the "dummies" on the other side...

From the "GET A BRAIN MORANS!" file!

From HuffPo piece on Elizabeth Hasselbeck being fired from "The View" -

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[mwb970]

25. So basically, right-wing extremists are defective.

This is something I have long suspected.

[olddots]

6. What explains Paul Ryan ?

Even the whiniest child couldn't grow up to be as ugly as Ayn Ryan .

[calimary]

18. Welcome to DU, olddots!

Glad you're here!

Then again, ayn rand is ugly on the inside, too. Especially in the place where the human heart would ordinarily be.

After all, what I understand about human anatomy is that the heart physically hangs to the LEFT. Maybe a message from The Creator? That one is BORN to be a liberal?

[jeff47]

28. Death of his father @16

My theory, having never met the man, is that he's remained a teenager emotionally. And Rand is appealing to a lot of teenagers - she starts to look really stupid when you spend a few years in the real world. So remaining an emotional teenager has allowed Ryan to continue to embrace her philosophy.

But this is entirely from an outside view at the man, an thus isn't terribly fair. However, Ryan isn't terribly fair himself so I really don't feel bad about it.

[lpbk2713]

7. How true

As an added touch, the pics should show them with their hands over their ears.
They don't ever want to complicate their wayward little lives with anything as
traumatic as facts or the truth.

[napkinz]

9. let us spell it out ...

[SunSeeker]

10. Except kids usually have a good REASON they're crying...

such as because they're hungry, tired, or want a toy they saw. Conservatives cry for something they never had and that does not exist--a fictional America with no minorities and no government and all women stay pregnant.

[mountain grammy]

15. Good one!

[ldlew]

11. conservatives

Back in the early 70"s, I read an article on a publication that was put out by the Republican party that stated these same characteristics and that is what they pushed their party to do. I think it was right after Nixon left. One of the first requirements was low intelligence and insecurity. I'm going to have to look for it again as it is on the web. I had a friend that was a "Young Republican" going to school in Kirksville, Mo.

[NoMoreWarNow]

12. welcome to DU!

good first post

[meti57b]

14. ..... except conservatives aren't that cute!

[47of74]

19. Attention Conservatives: THIS is how I see you!

Don't like it? Fuck you.

[left on green only]

20. Looking at their shoes......

....could it be that two of those "klansmen" are women? I didn't think the kkk allowed women into their ranks. I am in no way challenging the authenticity of your photo, it's just that I am surprised by it.

[Historic NY]

22. He heard it was dressup....so

he did.

[Heywood J]

23. The one on the left certainly wears it like a dress.

[another_liberal]

26. Yeah, they have women too.

Someone has to make the coffee and do the dishes after the annual cross-burning and pot luck dinner.

[rivegauche]

27. DAMN STRAIGHT, I agree completely. nt

[another_liberal]

24. The kids are too cute.

Very true, except that the kids should be much uglier. Find a two-year-old with a face like a frying pan full of a**holes, then take a picture of him crying. That's what today's Conservatives really look like.