Are Republicans Misguided Or Evil

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Poll question: Are Republicans Misguided Or Evil

I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until I saw the latest survey that half of them don't regard sexual harassment as a serious matter.

[RC]

1. 3rd choice - Both

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Misguided Suggests They Are They Not Responsible For Their Actions

I think they wear their misogyny among other things as a badge.

[baldguy]

2. The people that run the GOP are evil; the rank & file are just misguided.

[atreides1]

5. Like the German people

Misguided means they don't know any better...the rank and file Republicans know exactly what's going on.

No free pass for people who are intentionally stupid!

[Enrique]

4. so a poll result makes them evil?

I would have given the right answer to that question, I don't think it makes me good, it just makes me liberal.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. If You Think It's O K To Sexual Harass Women You Are Evil

Hell, you are evil if you think it's o k to harass anybody and evidently fifty percent of Republicans, according to a recent survey, think it's o k.

[Enrique]

33. but you "stand with" Sharon whatever her name is

and she's a Republican.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x813081

[chunter]

7. both

some are probably evil, not just ignorant.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Republican politicians are evil/care mostly about the 1% IMHO

I believe (most) Republican voters are misguided, misled, uninformed, and gullible (or certainly don't place a high value on critical thinking skills) and get suckered into voting for Republican due to either their religious upbringing and/or massive overexposure to Fox News and right-wing propagandists (i.e. Limbaugh, Hannity, et. al).

[tcaudilllg]

9. They are in denial about many things, but these denials are apparently tied up with

self-justifications for selfishness.

[MrSlayer]

10. The leaders are evil, the followers are misguided.

It's like lying to a child who doesn't know any better.

[sakabatou]

11. Some from column A, some from column B

Others are both.

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[DCBob]

13. both.

[TheKentuckian]

14. Evil, stupid, greedy, and/or delusional.

[applegrove]

15. Some of them are psychopaths who teach the others how to behave like psychopaths. Some of them are

pawns or patsys.

[workinclasszero]

16. They are EVIL!

They stop health care for all then spend trillions on death and war.

They fight like hell against abortion and then condemn the poor infant to a live of poverty and misery.

They fall on their swords for the rich and powerful and oppress the working class with all of their strength.

Hundreds of rich republican "Christians" and their mega churches steal money from widows on social security and buy diamond mines and mansions with the loot.

Jesus told drove the moneychangers...capitalists...out of his fathers house with a whip, he fed the hungry, healed the sick, lived among the rejected classes of his day, paid his taxes even yet these hypocrite liars claim him as their god.

They have nothing but contempt for the 99% that struggle to get by in this broken country. Like the serial sexual harasser Cain just said, If you ain't rich, its your fault!

They rig the game and make you think you have a chance to change things by electing someone different when they are all owned by wall street.

Their horrific demonic GREED is literally destroying the very planet we live on!

They are evil personified and they will kill you and oppress you and exploit you and your children for every cent they can squeeze out of your hide as long as you live!

They will steal your stocks and bonds. They will steal your 401K. They will steal your social security. They will steal your medicare. They will steal your home. They will send your job overseas or import people here to take it from you.

And when you end up on the street they will send their police force after you to beat you and rob and destroy whatever meager belongings you have left.

Those evil bastards will get theirs someday. Someday soon I hope. I would kill myself before I would ever vote for a fascist, flag draped, bible carrying hypocrite teapublican greed monster!

[polichick]

17. I'd say unevolved.

[ClassWarrior]

18. Some are one, some are the other.

:shrug:

Couldn't have put a third option?

NGU.

[krawhitham]

19. Greedy

[Katashi_itto]

20. They are rabid dogs.

[Zoeisright]

21. Misguided assumes they can learn.

But when they're told the truth, they reject it.

So they're evil.

[CitizenLeft]

22. evil by definition

Merriam-Webster Dictionary definitions of evil:

- morally reprehensible
- actual or imputed bad character
- causing discomfort or repulsion
- causing harm

example: "the EVIL institution of slavery"

They are evil.

[Zorra]

23. This video, to my mind, indicates that they may indeed be evil

if sociopaths may be considered evil:

Let Them Die!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy9TvrSGVHE

We report. You Decide.
:cry:

[StopTheNeoCons]

24. Watch the mivie "The Road", you will see the right wing at work, feeding themselves....nt

[backscatter712]

25. The Republicans are evil. In other news, the Pope is Catholic. n/t

[MissDeeds]

26. Evil

As well as heartless, soulless, self absorbed, lacking in empathy and compassion, without conscience, deluded, detached, egomanical, hatefilled...I could go on, but I think you get the drift.

By the way, when I got married in the 1980s, my maid of honor was a Republican. We shared many of the same values and principles. This new era of rabid Republican ideology is completely bat sh!t crazy. If not reined in, they will destroy the country.

[MadMaddie]

27. I think the question that needs to be asked of Republicans is this

"Are you okay with your daughter getting sexually harrassed and inappropriatly touched by some pervert?"

These questions need to be asked because these bastards will sell their childrens soul to stick with their anti-American party line.....they need to be held accountable.

[proud patriot]

29. A combination of both

The joe plumber voter in misinformed, the Charles koch's are just evil.

[JoePhilly]

30. 60 / 40 nt

[yellowcanine]

31. IMO, Newt, Perry, Bachman and Santorum are evil. The others are just misguided I think.

I could be convinced otherwise on Mitt, though.

[Enrique]

32. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is God

Reince Priebus is Satan.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. The Former As Well As The Latter Or Vice Versa Strike Me As Uninspiring Functionaries

But thanks for bumping my thread.

[samsingh]

35. repugs are evil incarnate

also, repugs are
- stupid
- idiots
- morons
- anti-American
- UnChristian
- imbeciles
- fiends
- liars
- hypocrites
- a waste of resources
- cry babies
- cowards
- spineless
- monsters
- traitors

[Douglas Carpenter]

36. most simply hold a naive and simplistic worldview - that views the rich as smarter and more moral

Ever hear the old cliche, "If you are so smart, why aren't you rich?" Even back in days before the Grand Old Party was taken over by a cult of extremist kooks, a central but usually unspoken theme of even liberal Republicans was, "Hooray for the rich!!"

I suspect the prevalence of a lax lax attitude about sexual harassment is partly about political convenience - they were not so understanding when Bill Clinton or Anthony Weiner were being accused. But another part of this attitude goes back to notion as old as the wind that boys are expected to sow their wild oats and girls are expected to be virgins. That notion is so deeply ingrained into the psyche of a significant percentage of the population that a lot of people have never seriously stopped and questioned it - boys will be boys.

Another old cliche that probably that probably sums up their attitude is, "A woman is only as good as her man and a man is only as good as his job." A women's worth is judged by the man she is married to and a man's worth is judged by his economic success.