Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others (page 3)

stillajwexelder

Judging from the reactions of Republicans on thisBoard, it is because they never let a fact get in the way of a decent rant.

Bit of a sweeping statement HS even by your standards

Junction-Guy

Yes he is Hillary Step, and the best part of all is it is free to us, already paid for on Calvary.

And that's my point JG, more parties more choices... and that's not the best part of it, then they ahve to work together... now, it's just the interest gropuops that are winning... Read Federalist 10, they knew this stupid shit would destroy the country and they tried to do something about it,.

SixofNine

Apparently, Republicans think being closeted gay men or adulterous husbands who act out inappropriately while simultaneously speaking and voting in a bigoted, hypocritical, so-called "conservative" fashion is sane.

Their ideology is corrupt and filthy. They've won because they will say anything and do anything to win (and their authoritarian loving followers are gullible), how else do you get a Karl Rove in bed with a Ted Haggarty and a soccer mom to fellate them both in the voting booth? You think being a Jehovah's Witness causes cognitive dissonance? Imagine thinking yourself a "compassionate" "conservative" in the age of the modern Republican party.

If you don't have an ounce of introspection, of course you're going to consider yourself mentally healthy.

There are of course, decent, sane Republicans. It's time for them to take back the reigns of their party.

Here's what partially explains the modern Republican cesspool:

This is the second in a three- part series of columns in which FindLaw columnist John Dean discusses his most recent book, Conservatives Without Conscience. - Ed.

Today, the Grand Old Republican Party is controlled by authoritarian conservatives. (As I mentioned in my prior column, the first in this three-part series, to my knowledge no person in the GOP has ever denied that fact - and they are well-aware of my book.) More specifically, as I broadly outlined in my last column, the research of social scientists such as Bob Altemeyer has revealed the personality traits of both those authoritarians who are followers, and those who are their leaders.

The Followers: Right-Wing Authoritarians

Princeton political scientist Fred I. Greenstein has cautioned about the uses of personality in analyzing political activity; in fact, he directly addressed "the tangled history of studies of authoritarianism." He noted, however, that while the study of authoritarian personalities once seemed to be at a "dead end," that has proven not to be the case. Rather, "in the 1980s an ingenious and rigorous program of inquiry by Altemeyer (1981, 1988) furnished persuasive empirical evidence that the original authoritarian construct was an approximation of an important political-psychological regularity--the existence in some individuals of an inner makeup that disposes them to defer to authority figures."

These, of course, are followers. Altemeyer labeled these people "right-wing authoritarians" not because he was looking to target political conservatives, but rather because he was drawing broadly on the historical terms that identify those who openly submit to established authorities, and whether those authorities are political, economic or religious, those who submit to them are traditionally described as being on the right wing. As Altemeyer developed and refined his testing, however, it became apparent that those who tested as highly submissive to economic or religious authorities also proved to be hard-right political conservatives.

In addition to being especially submissive to established authority, Altemeyer's research revealed that those he calls right-wing authoritarians also show "general aggressiveness" towards others, when such behavior is "perceived to be sanctioned" by established authorities. Finally, these people are always highly compliant with the social conventions endorsed by society and established authorities. These basic traits, submissiveness to authority and conventionality, are the essence of those Altemeyer describes as right-wing authoritarians. If these traits are not present in some significant (albeit varying) degree, he does not consider the subject to be a right-wing authoritarian. However, these people can, and often do, consistently reveal they have many other interesting traits as well.

Based on Altemeyer's study, as well as those of other social psychologists, I prepared a list of the additional traits that these personalities, both men and women who test high as right-wing authoritarians, often evidence: highly religious, moderate to little education, trust untrustworthy authorities, prejudiced (particularly against homosexuals, women, and followers of religions other than their own), mean-spirited, narrow-minded, intolerant, bullying, zealous, dogmatic, uncritical toward their chosen authority, hypocritical, inconsistent and contradictory, prone to panic easily, highly self-righteous, moralistic, strict disciplinarian, severely punitive, demands loyalty and returns it, little self-awareness, usually politically and economically conservative/Republican.

The Leaders: Social Dominators

Much of the work on authoritarianism focused on followers, and only in recent decades have social psychologists developed tests to measure the traits of authoritarian leaders, or as Altemeyer states, "person who wanted to be submitted to." These people, because of their inclination and desire to dominate others and to dominate social situations in which they find themselves, are said to have a "social dominance orientation," given their take-charge natures.

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Happy Harvester

Crazy people often report not being crazy. So what?

Junction-Guy

So Six, what causes social dominance orientation, or is it genetic?

SixofNine

"So Six, what causes social dominance orientation, or is it genetic?"

I dunno, probably some nature, some nuture? I figure most of us have at least some predisposition to it, because we all have massive egos by the time we're 5, and we're all scared shitless and want to be kept "safe". But I also would speculate that most of us have varying degrees of resistance too, and I think that is what good societies and education "nurture".

nvrgnbk

Republicans spend more time in prayer to God and dont fall for alot of the psychological mumbo jumbo.

Perhaps a little of the "psychological mumbo jumbo" would benefit you, J-G?

dawg

OK JG, and all others, I'm going nowhere.... have any of you read Federalist 10? You won't IGNORE me, I'm like that freak lady in that movie... with Micheal Douglas, when he was cheating on his wife.... Fatal Attraction, yea that's it.

Have you read that JG? Read that shit dude, you'll see quickly how wrong this whole system is.. come on dude, you know me too well to ignore me, I'll put your freaking rabbit in that pot when you come home... don't make me come down there.

It explains the orginal outlines of this government...they were worried about the parties, they wanted to keep them repressed... and look at all of you as to why... I'm sorry, but if you say you ARE a Republican or Democrat, you're as dumb as those who call themselves JWs'... seriously. Don't marry yourself to a party, get away from them.... do you want to be known as supporting George Bush, or Hillary Clinton? I hope none of you do...

nvrgnbk

WorldTraveller, dont forget about that Muslim that murdered millions of his own Iraqi citizens.

He was a Dem?

As for Ann Coulter, I love her, maybe I should team up with her?

Well she is a homophobe.

Sounds like a match made in heaven.

Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

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