How I View Republicans
I have friends who are Republican, personally and on
Facebook; I know other people, some professionally and some casually, who are
Republican. I’m just turning 66 myself
and so am in the thick of the age group that makes up a lot of
Republicans. I’m a white guy, too.
I was downsized, personally and professionally, and have had
to compromise on whatever it was I thought life was going to give me. What I felt I ought to have. What was supposed to be mine. When I get
angry and really start thinking just about myself, I can justify any injustice in
my life as the fault of, well, somebody.
I didn’t screw up; I got screwed. The Government is always a good one to
blame. It’s always the Governments
fault. This seems to be a central premise
in the make-up of a person who is Republican.
It’s because of the Government they’re not rich or maybe they got their
share of the pie in spite of the Government, who is keeping them from getting
more. If it wasn’t for the government,
my life would be better. I should be
able to have what I want, from and out of life.
Republicans seem to me to have, to a greater or lesser
extent, an undercurrent of anger, arrogance and self-centeredness about
them. Well meaning, but with a twist of
control to it, and narrow in their thinking, with a little bit of an “I’m owed”
chip on their shoulder. The kind of
person who is thinking - What’s in it for me? What do I get out of it that’s
for me?
Republicans seem to be of two types of people, that is,
folks who are of the mind that nobody gives you anything and you have to get it
for yourself and others who believe it is the will of God. But what they both share, it seems to me, is
that they have this underlying sense of anger.
Republican people with a religious bent seem to have, just
under the surface, an attitude to some degree that they expect you to recognize
their effort that came to them from God to give to you. It may come across as patronizing, to a
greater or lesser extent, but the attitude that comes across is like “Hey, I’m
out here doing work and you should appreciate this because it is by God’s grace
that I come to you,” or something along those lines. You know what I mean.
The folks who believe you have to get your chips when they
hit the table, scrambling for what is considered to be their share makes up
what seems to me to be the other type of Republican. They were raised to understand that every
fellow is in it for himself. If you want
something, you just have to work hard at it.
It is the concept of Rugged Individualism. They play by the rules, play to win, and may
or may not weigh the costs of deviating from the norm in order to succeed. If it wasn’t for the Government they wouldn’t
have to cheat on their taxes.
I guess it could be argued that most people, regardless of
their political affiliations, possess many of these traits, or at least a
little bit of them. But, I would argue,
people who tend to be Republican share a lot of these characteristics.
I continue to wonder why the basic Republican platform of being
against gay marriage, women remaining
secondary to men, white men ruling, guys getting paid more than girls, going
back to the 50’s or 70’s when times were good and everyone knew their place,
continues to try to be brought back.
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