Why do people hate republicans?

[Avenio]

I assume this is supposed to support my post?

Indeedly-doo.

[Atramentar]

It starts as surprise and indignation at the perceived audacity of some policies. When these audacities are revealed to not be isolated but part of a concerted strategy that ignores, derides, and marginalises any who disagree, these feelings become deeper and eventually become a loathing.

A few reasons as I have seen them:

• Republicans have repeatedly shown that they care more about carrying the party line than in considering or even recognising the merits of their opposition.
• As demonstrated many times in the government shutdown threats, Republicans are perfectly willing to drive the functionality of the government (as in funding programs) straight off a cliff rather than compromise in any way.
• Hypocritically, Republicans demand Democrats compromise at every turn, accusing them of intractibility and intransigence, despite their own blatant refusals to bend.
• Republican policies, while ostensibly for the people's benefit, do a tremendous amount of harm to those same people - usually financially. These harms fall disproportionately on the low-income earners - Americans that Republicans have shown they have little regard for. This demonstrates either a clear disdain for those people or a wilful obliviousness.
• Republicans will loudly protest about their personal rights and freedoms with regard the Second Amendment, and then see no irony in denying women the right to their own body. Republicans are great crusaders for freedoms...that they agree to.
• Republican policies based almost solely in Christian values, and a disregard for the separation of church and state.
• Systemic racism.

We shutdown the gov. Because you democrats wouldn't stop spending money and raising the national debt! Plus the democrats are hates more than the republicans because they keep screwing everything up! Just look at the midterms!

For the sake of clarity, and clearing up your assumption, I don't identify as a Democrat. The post expresses my perspective as to why people hate Republicans.

Also, the government shutdowns had nothing at all to do with Democrat spending (despite rhetoric to the contrary), but rather the political dick-swinging that has been out of control since Obama took office.

[Laerod]

It starts as surprise and indignation at the perceived audacity of some policies. When these audacities are revealed to not be isolated but part of a concerted strategy that ignores, derides, and marginalises any who disagree, these feelings become deeper and eventually become a loathing.

A few reasons as I have seen them:

• Republicans have repeatedly shown that they care more about carrying the party line than in considering or even recognising the merits of their opposition.
• As demonstrated many times in the government shutdown threats, Republicans are perfectly willing to drive the functionality of the government (as in funding programs) straight off a cliff rather than compromise in any way.
• Hypocritically, Republicans demand Democrats compromise at every turn, accusing them of intractibility and intransigence, despite their own blatant refusals to bend.
• Republican policies, while ostensibly for the people's benefit, do a tremendous amount of harm to those same people - usually financially. These harms fall disproportionately on the low-income earners - Americans that Republicans have shown they have little regard for. This demonstrates either a clear disdain for those people or a wilful obliviousness.
• Republicans will loudly protest about their personal rights and freedoms with regard the Second Amendment, and then see no irony in denying women the right to their own body. Republicans are great crusaders for freedoms...that they agree to.
• Republican policies based almost solely in Christian values, and a disregard for the separation of church and state.
• Systemic racism.

We shutdown the gov. Because you democrats wouldn't stop spending money and raising the national debt! Plus the democrats are hates more than the republicans because they keep screwing everything up! Just look at the midterms!

You claim to love Reagan, yet you hate what he did so much that you're willing to shut down the government.

[Liverte]

Because they oppose logical thinking.

[Kingdom of Viana]

As an foreigner who dislike both of Republicans AND Democrat, I can tell you that the major problem in America is the fact you only have TWO political party and absolutlely no left, your people only have the choice of having Right or FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR-Right governement... The fact of only having two party make everuthing become manicheans. It's never a point of view of what is the more appropriate or the more clever to be done even if it's the not in the exact droite ligne of your party but always "IF YOU'RE NOT WITH US, YOU'RE AGAINST US!.

The democrats are left, or so they claim.

[Kingdom of Viana]

Because they oppose logical thinking.

Both parties can be illogical at times.

[Neutraligon]

As an foreigner who dislike both of Republicans AND Democrat, I can tell you that the major problem in America is the fact you only have TWO political party and absolutlely no left, your people only have the choice of having Right or FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR-Right governement... The fact of only having two party make everuthing become manicheans. It's never a point of view of what is the more appropriate or the more clever to be done even if it's the not in the exact droite ligne of your party but always "IF YOU'RE NOT WITH US, YOU'RE AGAINST US!.

The democrats are left, or so they claim.

They do? Since when? Democrats are at best centrist.

[Skinia]

As an foreigner who dislike both of Republicans AND Democrat, I can tell you that the major problem in America is the fact you only have TWO political party and absolutlely no left, your people only have the choice of having Right or FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR-Right governement... The fact of only having two party make everuthing become manicheans. It's never a point of view of what is the more appropriate or the more clever to be done even if it's the not in the exact droite ligne of your party but always "IF YOU'RE NOT WITH US, YOU'RE AGAINST US!.

The democrats are left, or so they claim.

I'd like some source on that hot dog.

[Kingdom of Viana]

Probably because Republicans hate people.

Seriously, they hate poor people, non white people, female people, sick people, disabled people, LGBT people, foreign people, non Christian people, educated people and probably lots of other people I'm forgetting as well.

It's only natural to hate those who hate you, so if people hate Republicans, it's probably because Republicans hate them for falling into one of the afore mentioned groups.

Actually the republicans are the ones who care about the educated, they are the ones fighting Common Core.

[Cymrea]

As an foreigner who dislike both of Republicans AND Democrat, I can tell you that the major problem in America is the fact you only have TWO political party and absolutlely no left, your people only have the choice of having Right or FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR-Right governement... The fact of only having two party make everuthing become manicheans. It's never a point of view of what is the more appropriate or the more clever to be done even if it's the not in the exact droite ligne of your party but always "IF YOU'RE NOT WITH US, YOU'RE AGAINST US!.

The democrats are left, or so they claim.

They're left of the Republican party, certainly. Not really politically left. The exclusionary two-party system is ridiculous, but unfortunately it's been in place long enough that they've entrenched themselves and skewed the rules to basically eliminate any realistic possibility of a third party. America spites its own face with baffling frequency.

[Laerod]

Probably because Republicans hate people.

Seriously, they hate poor people, non white people, female people, sick people, disabled people, LGBT people, foreign people, non Christian people, educated people and probably lots of other people I'm forgetting as well.

It's only natural to hate those who hate you, so if people hate Republicans, it's probably because Republicans hate them for falling into one of the afore mentioned groups.

Actually the republicans are the ones who care about the educated, they are the ones fighting Common Core.

If fighting Common Core was pro-education, then Republicans wouldn't have lost the Asian vote.

[Stormwind-City]

Probably because Republicans hate people.

Seriously, they hate poor people, non white people, female people, sick people, disabled people, LGBT people, foreign people, non Christian people, educated people and probably lots of other people I'm forgetting as well.

It's only natural to hate those who hate you, so if people hate Republicans, it's probably because Republicans hate them for falling into one of the afore mentioned groups.

Actually the republicans are the ones who care about the educated, they are the ones fighting Common Core.

G.W. Bush is the one who pushed for and signed for NCLB which fucked up the education system. Common Core is fine by itself.

[Volco]

I call myself a pretty liberal person. But I don't hate republicans. If it turned out a good friend of mine was republican, and voted for them, I would do my best to not speak about it, it would only divide us apart.

I do think some members of the GOP are silly or down right insane at times, such as denying LGBT people the right to marry, or treating poor people as idiots, or they are just sexist assholes, but does that mean all of them are? Of course not. There are some Democrats I don't like, and I call myself one.

The only people I have a strong dislike for, are libertarians, anarchists, an-caps, nazis, and men rights activists. Even then, I know a few, and they are perfectly fine people, we just don't bring up politics.

[Skinia]

Probably because Republicans hate people.

Seriously, they hate poor people, non white people, female people, sick people, disabled people, LGBT people, foreign people, non Christian people, educated people and probably lots of other people I'm forgetting as well.

It's only natural to hate those who hate you, so if people hate Republicans, it's probably because Republicans hate them for falling into one of the afore mentioned groups.

Actually the republicans are the ones who care about the educated, they are the ones fighting Common Core.

They're caring about the educated by willing to privatize education as a whole so only rich people can afford it. Such sweethearts, they are.

[The Nexus of Man]

America needs another Ronald Reagan.

No, we don't need someone similar to a man who tripled the debt, propped up numerous dictatorships, funneled money to terrorists, increased poverty, increased unemployment, and presided over massive deregulation that was unsustainable. We don't need that.

As if any other President didn't.

[Neutraligon]

Actually the republicans are the ones who care about the educated, they are the ones fighting Common Core.

They're caring about the educated by willing to privatize education as a whole so only rich people can afford it. Such sweethearts, they are.

Or in some states trying to stick creationism/intelligent design in schools, or any other number of things.

[Laerod]

They're caring about the educated by willing to privatize education as a whole so only rich people can afford it. Such sweethearts, they are. :roll:

Or in some states trying to stick creationism/intelligent design in schools, or any other number of things.

Removing sex ed so that their state can benefit from the increased STD and teen pregnancy rates.

[Skinia]

They're caring about the educated by willing to privatize education as a whole so only rich people can afford it. Such sweethearts, they are.

Or in some states trying to stick creationism/intelligent design in schools, or any other number of things.

Gotta love the republitardation.

[Washington Resistance Army]

I myself don't hate Republicans, I just hate the Republican party.

[Cymrea]

No, we don't need someone similar to a man who tripled the debt, propped up numerous dictatorships, funneled money to terrorists, increased poverty, increased unemployment, and presided over massive deregulation that was unsustainable. We don't need that.

As if any other President didn't.

When taken as a whole, yeah. There aren't a lot of presidents clear of that list.

Reagan actually committed treason, but not a lot of folks care to remember that in their idolisation of the Gipper.

[Stormwind-City]

No, we don't need someone similar to a man who tripled the debt, propped up numerous dictatorships, funneled money to terrorists, increased poverty, increased unemployment, and presided over massive deregulation that was unsustainable. We don't need that.

As if any other President didn't.

IIRC several presidents barely increased the debt and a few reduced it.

[Cymrea]

As if any other President didn't.

IIRC several presidents barely increased the debt and a few reduced it.

"Economist Mike Kimel has noted that the former Democratic Presidents (Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Harry S. Truman) all reduced public debt as a share of GDP, while the last four Republican Presidents (George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford) all oversaw an increase in the country's indebtedness."
- Kimel, Mike (December 4, 2007). "The Republican Party and the National Debt". angrybearblog.com. Retrieved April 15, 2011.

[Myrensis]

They're left of the Republican party, certainly. Not really politically left. The exclusionary two-party system is ridiculous, but unfortunately it's been in place long enough that they've entrenched themselves and skewed the rules to basically eliminate any realistic possibility of a third party. America spites its own face with baffling frequency.

It's a bit of amusing irony that the Reagan Revolution delivered exactly as promised, but what the Republicans failed to foresee was that the Democrats would move right as well. This has left them scrambling to push ever further to the right to stake their claim as the 'True Conservatives', leaving the Democrats to occupy the ground that the Republicans expected to after Reagan.

Which is how Obama, who aside from his skin color would have been perfectly comfortable as a solidly right of center Republican in the Clinton or even Reagan years, is now a 'radical leftist' and 'most liberal President ever'.

Reagan actually committed treason, but not a lot of folks care to remember that in their idolisation of the Gipper.

I believe the official conservative position is that Reagan was totally uninvolved and North was a rogue officer. Though apparently they don't feel that having betrayed his uniform, his country, and his President in order to arm and fund enemies of the United States should be taken to mean he isn't a true patriot and pillar of conservative values.

A more cynical person might think that the staggering disparity between what they claim he did and how they treat him would suggest that's it's all bullshit, and they love him for falling on his sword to protect Saint Reagan from those evil liberals who don't understand that sometimes you need to commit a little treason to get things done.

[Cymrea]

They're left of the Republican party, certainly. Not really politically left. The exclusionary two-party system is ridiculous, but unfortunately it's been in place long enough that they've entrenched themselves and skewed the rules to basically eliminate any realistic possibility of a third party. America spites its own face with baffling frequency.

It's a bit of amusing irony that the Reagan Revolution delivered exactly as promised, but what the Republicans failed to foresee was that the Democrats would move right as well. This has left them scrambling to push ever further to the right to stake their claim as the 'True Conservatives', leaving the Democrats to occupy the ground that the Republicans expected to after Reagan.

Which is how Obama, who aside from his skin color would have been perfectly comfortable as a solidly right of center Republican in the Clinton or even Reagan years, is now a 'radical leftist' and 'most liberal President ever'.

Reagan actually committed treason, but not a lot of folks care to remember that in their idolisation of the Gipper.

I believe the official conservative position is that Reagan was totally uninvolved and North was a rogue officer. Though apparently they don't feel that having betrayed his uniform, his country, and his President in order to arm and fund enemies of the United States should be taken to mean he isn't a true patriot and pillar of conservative values.

A more cynical person might think that the staggering disparity between what they claim he did and how they treat him would suggest that's it's all bullshit, and they love him for falling on his sword to protect Saint Reagan from those evil liberals who don't understand that sometimes you need to commit a little treason to get things done.

Agreed. And it might be a much easier reality to accept if the Republican party didn't cry foul every time the Democrats utilised the same strategies.

[Stormwind-City]

IIRC several presidents barely increased the debt and a few reduced it.

"Economist Mike Kimel has noted that the former Democratic Presidents (Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Harry S. Truman) all reduced public debt as a share of GDP, while the last four Republican Presidents (George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford) all oversaw an increase in the country's indebtedness."
- Kimel, Mike (December 4, 2007). "The Republican Party and the National Debt". angrybearblog.com. Retrieved April 15, 2011.

Its like the 4 former presidents did something similar, all of it related to certain areas of a large continent.
*nonchalantly looks at the largest country on the map the slides gaze down and to the left*