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It is quite an interesting read, and sheds a lot of light on what is going on in our country and the mental processes of a lot of so-called "conservatives." This mental condition is based on three characteristics: Authoritarian submission (submission to established authorities), authoritarian aggression (general aggressiveness toward "deviants"), and conventionalism (a high degree of adherence to social norms).
Among other factors, RWAs can be identified as people who are ethnocentric, highly nationalistic, say they value freedom but actually work toward undermining the Bill of Rights, support capital punishment, oppose abortion, do not value equality very highly and oppose measures to increase it, and are not likely to rise in the Democratic party, but do so among Republicans.
Oh yeah.
As the article mentions however the name is a bit of a misnomer as such people can be either on the extreme political Right or the extreme political Left.
No surprise to me as I've long felt that the standard Right-Left political spectrum is not the best representation of political reality. A better one would be Totalitarians (both NAZI (Right) types and Communists (Left) types) on one side and Anarchists on the other.
Oh yeah.
As the article mentions however the name is a bit of a misnomer as such people can be either on the extreme political Right or the extreme political Left.
No surprise to me as I've long felt that the standard Right-Left political spectrum is not the best representation of political reality. A better one would be Totalitarians (both NAZI (Right) types and Communists (Left) types) on one side and Anarchists on the other.
Ken
You do a point there, Ken, as "Right-wing authoritarians show little preference in general for any political party," according to the article. However, there have been attempts to define a left-wing authoritarianism, but they have failed because "measures of authoritarianism always correlate at least slightly with the right. There are certainly extremists across the political spectrum, but most psychologists now believe that authoritarianism is a predominantly right-wing phenomenon."
The original link heads to a very interestintg article. You should really read it all the way through if you haven't already. It's very eye-opening.
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Lord Balfor - I know the feeling. Personally I champion individual rights and responsibilities when it comes to gun control, abortion, marriage and most other individual activities. I also support financial regulation, anti-trust and general prevention of monopoly and similar market distortions. I also favor a very steeply progressive income tax with a huge deductable. This also applied to social security. I am completely opposed to tyranny in any form and have very little trust in authority or authoritarian people. I do not follow any herd and never have (unless they paid me or I had to like the Navy) or it is in my interest to seem like a follower. So, just to complicate the situation amongst the right wing on this board. I am a gun toting socialist.
In the psychiatric community the disorder is called anti-social pathology:
The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others . . . deceit and manipulation are considered essential features of the disorder".
This pathology is clearly evident in the GOP [starting with Bush]. There are similar types in other cultures/countries [ie radical Islam\ Communist China-North Korea
Lord Balfor - I know the feeling. Personally I champion individual rights and responsibilities when it comes to gun control, abortion, marriage and most other individual activities. I also support financial regulation, anti-trust and general prevention of monopoly and similar market distortions. I also favor a very steeply progressive income tax with a huge deductable. This also applied to social security. I am completely opposed to tyranny in any form and have very little trust in authority or authoritarian people. I do not follow any herd and never have (unless they paid me or I had to like the Navy) or it is in my interest to seem like a follower. So, just to complicate the situation amongst the right wing on this board. I am a gun toting socialist.
LMFAO...opposed to tyranny in any form but a socialist...
You have little trust in authority but trust authority to regulate the economy. You are one confused person.
In the psychiatric community the disorder is called anti-social pathology:
The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others . . . deceit and manipulation are considered essential features of the disorder".
This pathology is clearly evident in the GOP [starting with Bush]. There are similar types in other cultures/countries [ie radical Islam\ Communist China-North Korea
Similarly present in the heavy progressive income tax favored by the Democrats...among other nanny-state provisions.
In the psychiatric community the disorder is called anti-social pathology:
The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others . . . deceit and manipulation are considered essential features of the disorder".
This pathology is clearly evident in the GOP [starting with Bush]. There are similar types in other cultures/countries [ie radical Islam\ Communist China-North Korea
That really fails to explain the liberal need to use force like tehy did at ruby ridge and waco for minmor weapon violations. It seem that liberals over react to just about evry law enforcement situaion they get into and froget individaul rights if they don't like the group or individaul they are dealing with. Both instances are now taught in police schools as now not to react to a situation.
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