...people who don't really care about folks who are less fortunate. I know the psychology of it, the various sophisticated analyses of the conservative mind offered from geniuses like Michael Lerner or George Lakoff. But when it comes right down to it, a deep and sort of structurally fundamental sense that people get what they deserve, that we should just look out for ourselves, that poor people or people of color are undeserving and fucked up.....well, I just don't really get it. Most principled right wingers are not self-aware, they're not psychologically minded enough to give us a real peek into their hearts and deepest minds, but I'd love to get inside there--just for a minute.
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The only thing sillier than arguing against a straw man is attempting to psychoanalyze one. Your conception of what a typical right-wing person thinks is laughable. Any insight you get from analyzing your own construction can only be into your own psyche.
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