What
makes a cult? Isn’t the only thing that
requires fanaticism a rejection of reality and a stringent line on ideological
positions to the point that it alienates people? I only ask because if that’s all it takes
could you think of anything more exemplary of the modern Conservative Movement? It is one thing to have legitimate
differences in policy, in any successful democratic-republic differences in
ideology and different ideas are bound to happen and should be accepted and
debated. However, they do not merely disagree;
they flat out don’t care about the facts.
Climate Change? Despite all of
the objective research, it is a hoax, and a plot by environmentalists to attack
the poor and long oppressed oil companies.
Tax cuts? Obviously increase
revenue every single time, despite the ones of 2001 and 2003 failing to. Tax increases on the rich? They kill jobs, ignoring of course that one
tax increase President Clinton enacted and those 20 Million jobs that were
created afterward. What about that Weimar/Zimbabwe-style
hyperinflation that was bound to happen after the Stimulus was enacted like
Glenn Beck was shouting about? Does it
matter that the annual inflation rates in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 have all
been consistent with the historic average, if not lower? Not if you’re a conservative. I honestly should begin consider this
political philosophy for myself. Doing
actual research is one thing, but is just so damn time consuming. Wouldn’t it be much easier if I could just
sit back, relax, and let Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity shout at me what to
think? Maybe. But I’ll continue to think for myself.
