What is the thing you hate most about the GOP?

[AZ Progressive]

What I hate most about them is their love of inequality. They love a stratified society and hate the idea of an egalitarian society. Their belief in unfettered capitalism, the white hierarchy, and in the puritan work ethic means that they have no problem with poverty, suffering, and social darwinism. They think its your fault if your not rich and successful. And they think if your poor and suffering, its God's will. That is a brutal and inhumane ideology and an ideology that is anti-society. It's just wrong and it needs to be destroyed.

Your ability to have a decent life shouldn't be contingent on the income of your parents, the location you live in, your skin color, whether or not you have any talents that are in demand by society, your intelligence level, your level of social skills, being physically and mentally able-bodied, etc... But they believe that it should be or don't have a problem with a society like that. What anti-society assholes.

[Kalidurga]

1. Well that is what I was going to say.

In other words pretty much everything their party stands for.

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. They appeal to the worst traits of human nature. n/t

[TransitJohn]

3. The motherfucking lying

Every fucking word a demonstrable lie. It's truly opprobrious.

[AZ Progressive]

5. You mean they have zero character and have no problems with acting in bad faith

[TransitJohn]

16. Well, no, I meant what I said

WTF??

[Nye Bevan]

4. Their opposition to universal health care.

In a decent civilized country there should be no need for fundraisers to pay the medical bills of children who get cancer.

Honorable mention: their opposition to gun control.

[hatrack]

6. Their exaltation of ignorance, and their elevation of the hateful ignorant as "real Americans"

They are supported by a large group of people who won't believe anything that can't be explained in words of two syllables in less than three minutes to a belligerent small-town drunk.

"Common sense", you know. Oh, and lots and lots of Jeeezus to back it up.

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Hatrack Took Mine

The willful and proud ignorance. The embracing of "know-nothingness".

[Nay]

43. What Hatrack said. The stupidity element and the Jebus element.

[mentalsolstice]

7. You said it all

The attitude of "I have mine, and screw those who don't." What really bugs me is the middle/lower income GOP supporters who don't realize they're getting screwed.

[narnian60]

28. You nailed it.

[BigDemVoter]

8. I HATE their faux religiosity/hypocrisy.

[XemaSab]

9. The worship of the almighty dollar

n/t

[justiceischeap]

10. What the party has done to public service

politics in particular. With their brand of politics it's created an atmosphere of us against them--which isn't really good for anyone.

[Old Codger]

11. That's pretty easy

Everything they do, everything they stand for and everything they say...

[love_katz]

12. What do I hate about Republicans?

Everything!!!!!

[herding cats]

13. The way they exploit and feed hate, bigotry, racism and divisiveness in our country.

While I recognize their methods are effective for their means, it's also destroying the very fabric of what our nation should, and could be, if it weren't for what they've done.

I think a vast amount of their mindless supporters are now just a symptom of their years (decades?) of propaganda and poor education they've been forcing on them.

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. Their mere existence... n/t

[Throd]

15. The steadfast surety of their worldview and inability to empathize with alternate possibilities.

[love_katz]

17. I would also add...

That I HATE it that anyone votes for them at all, and that they keep succeeding at stealing elections.

[Melurkyoulongtime]

18. Off the top of my head

I'd say their hatefulness, greed and stupidity. OMG, their stupidity is so strong here in TX that it burns!

[demosincebirth]

19. No empathy

[Arugula Latte]

20. Probably their worship of stupidity and ignorance.

This has always been an anti-intellectual country, but ever since Reagan they've kicked that into high gear. The embrace of religion (aka moronic mythology) and "faith" is one big part of this.

[jtbdad]

21. In general greed

In general greed, which I also struggle with.

[mahina]

22. Their selfishness,

but stupidity would have to be first.

[Spirochete]

23. They're breathing up air

worthwhile people may need someday.

I think what I hate most about them is their total disregard for anyone who isn't them, like poor people, working class, etc. To them such people are subhuman.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. I hate their hypocrisy

among many other things.

[joshcryer]

25. That they thrive only by depressing the vote.

That so much local government, and I'm talking government here, which they're supposedly against, is run and controlled by the Republicans, by conservatives, and that the only way they gain power is by fucking depressing the vote.

They are the most anti-democratic, government leechers there are, they are the biggest hypocrites that exist.

[JackInGreen]

26. Purposeful

Intended, viral, ignorance.
Almost inclined to call it blatant stupidity because most KNOW facts and refuse to allow them in their existence, infecting everything and everyone they touch.

[Freddie]

27. Women should be second class citizens

If we can't control our bodies we can't control our lives.
Plus all the other sh*t that goes with supporting the eternal patriarchy: no support for equal pay, workplace protections, family leave.
I hate them with a white hot passion. I hope the purists here wake up and realize that ANY Democrat is better than the "best" Republican. And not voting is the same thing as a vote for them.

[Katashi_itto]

29. That they are in the Dem party, calling themselves 3rd Way.

[joshcryer]

31. Mark Udall was Third Way and a damn good Democrat.

Why don't you look at the horrific positions of the avowed "Third Wayer" and tell me he wasn't a damn good Democrat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Udall#Political_positions

Udall lost because he came out in favor of more gun regulations. A damn fucking strong position that was used by that piece of shit Cory Gardner to steal the seat in a shit off election year where turnout was abysmal. Udall could've played it safe in an election year, not come out for gun control after Sandy Hook, in gun friendly Colorado, and he might have even won reelection. Just the other day some asshole killed random people while the 911 dispatcher argued with someone telling them that a guy walking around open carrying a rifle was fine.

According to liberal That's My Congress Mark Udall was as liberal as Elizabeth Warren.

And he was on the Third Way board, he was a New Democrat, a smear on these forums, but in reality, nothing much to fret over, when the political positions can be sought.

[BooScout]

30. Too many things to name......

Religious right
Moral majority hypocrites
Women as second class citizens
Obstuctionism
Guns and the NRA

just to name a few.

[kairos12]

32. How they revel in their know-nothingness. Ignorance is not only bliss, but exalted.

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Signed: swamped by imbeciles in Maricopa County.

[WinkyDink]

34. Ahem. "Know."

[kairos12]

41. Thank you. I "no" not what I do.

[WinkyDink]

33. Their insatiable greed. This has led to the impoverishment and deaths and misery for millions, with

unimaginable wealth and luxury for the 1%.

Their avarice has led to the environmental depredation of land, air, water, forests, rivers, streams, etc.

Their avarice has led to illegal wars.

Eh. Why go on? Republicans are a scourge to Mankind.

[B Calm]

35. The list would be too long to list them all. I guess the #1 thing would be

their hatred of the working class and the social programs like social security that keep their heads above water in a sea of predatory capitalism.

[Etraker]

36. Their membership!!!

I hate the mother fuckers!

[Vinca]

38. They love money above all else.

[Scuba]

39. I really despise their infiltration of the Democratic Party.

[Stuart G]

40. "Extreme Selfishness" on all issues.

It is always about me and mine....fuck you.

Perhaps two other words are the same... TOTAL GREED

and that one, total greed, goes against the religion they profess to believe in....

[AZ Progressive]

42. Basically the Republican Party is the receptacle for all that is evil in America

As pretty much demonstrated by what has been said by many here.

Catholics would agree. Republicans embrace six of the seven deadly sins: greed, envy, lust (love of money), gluttony (selfishness), wrath (constant hate for groups of people), Pride (the party members who look down on everyone else not privileged)

[KamaAina]

44. The way the stars on the elephant point downwards, Satanic-style

As opposed to the Dem donkey: