Outrage

[NanceGreggs]

I don't know what it is about Joe Biden's actions, statements, and overall agenda that has you Republicans so outraged.

Is it those historically low unemployment numbers that are driving you crazy? Is it the strengthening of our failing infrastructure that has you out on the nearest ledge? Is lowering the price of insulin the straw that's breaking your back?

Is it the idea that your tax dollars are being spent on feeding hungry children instead of funding the shipment of immigrants to northern cities to be dumped without food, clothing, and the money needed to survive? You keep calling yourselves 'good Christians' - and yet I'm not seeing the teachings of Christ reflected in Republican policies that deny feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, caring for the sick and dying.

Maybe your objection to Biden is more personal. Is it the fact that Joe Biden is lauded as a true leader the world over, while Trump was laughed at by world leaders as a buffoon? Is it the fact that you can't find any nude pics of the current First Lady, no matter how many Google searches you try? Is it the fact that 'Sleepy Joe' keeps accomplishing things that actually improve the lives of hard-working, middle-class Americans?

I really don't understand what Republican voters are so outraged about , other than what they've been told to be outraged about by the powers-that-be in the GOP who have nothing to offer but - you guessed it - OUTRAGE.

[sheshe2]

1. Recommend 👍

[Blues Heron]

2. They have painted themselves in a corner with their strategy of hate.

[wendyb-NC]

4. Well said

The gqp is a random assortment of loose parts.

[erronis]

7. Glued together with spittle and bile. Oh, and quite a few bucks from the anti-democratic perps.

[niyad]

5. Spot on, as always.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Successful

The one thing they hate most is that he's had so much success. Joe Biden has a longer list of accomplishments than any president since FDR and he's only been on the job for 2 years.

[solara]

9. You are a treasure dear Nance

This is beautiful & timely as always

Bless you. May you receive at least a million hearts for always passionately & compassionately expressing what arises in ours.

Thank you once again 🤗

P.S. Happy Birthday! 🎂

K/R

[NanceGreggs]

11. Thank you for seeing me ...

... through such incredibly kind eyes.

[calimary]

30. I second that, solara!

I always appreciate Nance’s take on things. One of DU’s BEST!

[2naSalit]

10. K&R

[lonely bird]

12. Good questions

That being said don’t underestimate the power of hate that the Republican Party uses.

[Justice matters.]

13. Outrage is the only sentiment that is exploited by their lying networks for profits.

Their lying networks for profits (FOX NEWS, OANN, NEW YORK POST, and 1,500 hate-radio stations) are the only tools they rely on to get elected (along with gerrymandering & voter-suppression laws) a slim majority in the House and a 'filibuster-stale' Senate.

It's all they have, but sadly, it works for them (to get billions in donations from the obscenely wealthy).

[appalachiablue]

14. K/R

[Stuart G]

15. K and R...Thanks for posting.

[hibbing]

16. He's not a racist or a bully n/t

[we can do it]

17. Biden is a good person who cares. The exact opposite of the hateful traitors.

[Moostache]

18. The GOP has not had an original idea for governing in the last 43 years.

Poutrage and ginned up culture war drivel is all they have. Its pathetic and harmful to our nation, but there it is...and the current buffoons are dumber than the last set (Tea Partiers) by an order of magnitude.

[Alice Kramden]

19. Manufactured outrage

As a smokescreen for their agenda, which is total control

[Akacia]

45. exactly.

[JT45242]

20. They are outraged that some of those benefits go to black and brown people

Not much more to it than that. OK as long as the benefits only go to whites

[barbtries]

21. they are ordered not to praise the left under any circumstances.

when the left GOVERNS, they make shit up so they don't have to acknowledge any of it. then, as the President mentioned the other night, they'll show up in their district to claim credit for laws they voted against, laws that help everyday Americans.

i hate republicans

[jaxexpat]

22. Mindless outrage is raw meat to their MAGA minions.

It's versatile, self-regenerating and a sure fire winner in every talk radio venue.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Republicans have been told lies, like "Biden economy worst in decades", "Biden crime family", etc. n

[LittleGirl]

24. They have an alternative reality

Just listening to Sarah Suckabee Sanders spout her right wing talking points made that abundantly clear. She used every Woke word that they spew on Fox ! If they think Fox is news, then they are lost. I don’t know what will bring them back to reality. Not just our reality but mankind’s reality.

[Lonestarblue]

25. Excellent, excellent post. Thank you!

[hay rick]

26. Republican voters salivate when they hear the bells.

How the red meat bells work:
1. RW media tell audience that they should be angry because of a particular outrage- real, exaggerated, or entirely fabricated.
2. RW media tells their audience that the outrage is entirely due to the actions (or negligence) of Joe Biden or woke liberals.
3. Repeat with the next outrage.

Republican voters are well-trained pack animals.

[Kid Berwyn]

27. I hate one NFL team above all others.

Just the sight of their uniforms brings up anger, like the bell for Pavlov’s dog.

The repuglians have given most all Democratic leaders, programs and history similar treatment.

[pandr32]

28. You really hit the nailhead with your fourth paragraph,

The whole post is great, but that one is key. Biden makes Republicans look bad.

[usonian]

29. I learned from "A River Runs Through It": keep it short, shorter, shortest.

I really don't understand what Republican voters are so outraged about , other than what they've been told to be outraged about by the powers-that-be in the GOP who have nothing to offer but - you guessed it - OUTRAGE.

It's a cult. Cults run on manufactured and indoctrinated outrage.
There. I kept it simple. (not a person known for brevity!)

[CaptainTruth]

31. Well said, as always!!!

[panader0]

32. Recommended.

[relayerbob]

33. Well ...

Obama showed them to be inferior, so they put Trump in, who is clearly inferior, who unleashed hatred and evil, reinforcing their inferiority, Covid breaks what little confidence they have in themselves and then Biden comes along and demonstrates every day how adults are supposed to act. Their insecurities and inferiority complexes have been pushed to the forefront, and now they rage. Their anger is really at themselves, hence the massive projection, but they will never accept that reality about themselves.

[Hekate]

34. Nance...

[GregGilman]

35. All that matters is Fox News ratings

The most powerful force in rightwing politics is Fox News -- which continues to be number one thanks to a constant stream of outrage and anger that keeps their viewers/voters engaged.

Billionaires paying millionaires to blame poor people.

That's really all that matters.

[ancianita]

36. Thanks. Yes, indeed...

other than what they've been told to be outraged about by the powers-that-be in the GOP

... their "outrage" reflects the script of their major donors & lobbyists of the Koch network. They have third party intelligence and data gathering groups, and totally instructive lobbying strategies we Dems should know about.

Since the Obama presidency, Koch has astroturfed more local voter outrage that's gotten rid of bipartisan Republicans, because of the Democratic (commie/socialist/climate change) threat to his privately held (the biggest in America) crude oil & gas refineries, pipelines, financial futures trading, etc., but forward as "freedom" and "the republic."

I recommend Kochland, the only in depth book I've read that's still a page turner. And as relevant right now as ever. The WaPo reviewer is totally wrong when he says, "For the most part, Leonard steers clear of the Kochs’ influence on politics," which proves he hasn't read Part 3. It includes a little known climate change select committee formation decision by legendary Speaker Pelosi; the rest of Pt 3 should scare Democrats.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. more on Koch...

How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you've never heard of

See also, Koch implementing Buchanan's plan:
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america

[ancianita]

39. Thanks.

Koch is definitely a Hayek/von Mises man.

It's good to always err on the side or knowing that Koch is behind all things anti-Biden and Republican, because he's been at it for 50 years.

Sheldon Whitehouse followed Koch's money in owning SCOTUS, now we've got to follow the money behind the DC GOP and statehouses. His Americans For Prosperity has offices in at least 31 states and DC.

[republianmushroom]

37. like it

[Mr. Ected]

40. They feign outrage for four full years every time they lose the presidential election

Their grievances are seldom articulated beyond snark directed at an individual.

[Cha]

41. I think it's because they let

fox screws do their thinking for them.

From what I've read and heard about that hate fake news outlet they make up shit to hate on Dems.. especially a Dem President.

They're like mushrooms.. kept in the dark and fed Shit.

Mahalo, Nance.. Happy Birthday! It's my Mum's too.. up there in the sky somewhere. 💙

[Joinfortmill]

42. He's too much like FDR, and boy oh boy, do they hate FDR.

[Evolve Dammit]

44. 40 years of knee jerk despise of anything good or helpful. Quite remarkable. Rush and minions. nt

[czarjak]

46. "Those people" are benefiting too though.

[pansypoo53219]

47. doing good infuriates them

[spanone]

48. ...K&R...

[malaise]

49. Another great OP

😀

[jerseyjim]

50. If they believe it, it must be true.

One example is my Republican sister-in-law. I dared to look at her timeline on Facebook. According to her, everything is Biden's fault, real or imagined and they have a huge imagination.
She complains that immigrants are are drug dealers and rapists, just as Trump said while he was coming down an escalator over six years ago. It doesn't help that she already had something against brown people who don't speak her language.
She believes the crime in New York City is Biden's fault and the "radical left." She got her "original" COVID vaccine, but refused to get any boosters because she has "plenty of immunitieS". My wife told her that I didn't want to see her until she got her COVID boosters. She said "REALLY?" She called me on my cell and I tried to explain to her that the "original" shots were mostly worn off and the boosters prevented most people from winding in the hospital or have milder cases. She said "that's what they say." This after she found my brother, eyes to the ceiling, dead after running some time after he had COVID.
And, she listens to Fux News. One of her reasons for not getting the booster is that her mother never got a flu shot and never had the flu. Yet, her mother died of pneumonia. I told my wife, "I don't care if we never see her again. She is simply not smart enough to do the things that will keep her healthy. She does not HAVE a doctor. Most people I know, close to our age have one or more doctors.
We both went to the same hair cutter for a long time, but after finding out that she didn't "believe in" vaccinations we fired her after COVID struck.
Don't try to make sense out of what conservatives believe, they are stubborn and do not like facts that are inconvenient to them. They are not capable of critical thinking and do not like to learn anything new if it goes against their stupid ideology.

It frustrates me, to be sure, but staying alive is more important to me than relatives or friends who insist on believing the likes of Fucker Carlson and company. One common theme I find is that most of them are not well educated. Even in high school I learned how the immune system works. (at a layman's level.)

Ever notice that virtually all late night comedians are liberals?

[DFW]

51. Half the time, I get impression that they DON'T really believe it

They lack the intellectual curiosity to BELIEVE anything. So, they listen to what Fox Noise tells them to believe, and repeat that as their "belief." If Fox Noise says Putin is the second coming of Jesus, they will be only too happy to explain why they believe it--and then they will repeat verbatim what the latest Fox host told them to believe. It's a hell of a lot more convenient than thinking on your own, and leaves time for munching Doritos while watching their favorite TV reruns, washed down by Kavanaugh's favorite beer.

The answer to "Don't you realize what you're saying?" "Don't you realize the consequence of voting like you do?" "Don't you realize what will happen if your people seize power?" is always--if they are honest, which they seldom are--a resounding NO!

After all, like (our version of) Ethel Merman sang-- "there's no business like NO business:"