No Think'in Allowed!
There’s some (possibly) smart people saying really stupid things these days. Check out Dumbest Right-Wing Quotes of 2010 if you don’t believe me.
”It may be a blessing in disguise. … Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it’s a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other.”
—Pat Robertson, on the earthquake in Haiti that destroyed the capital and killed tens of thousands of people, Jan. 13, 2010
Thanks Pat. That explains it.
But how does Robertson explain the earthquake in Japan? What did the Japanese do to piss God off? Faulty Toyota brake systems? Practice Buddhism?
Like your typical three-year-old, right-wing conservatives crave order and certainty; they reflexively recoil from disorder and uncertainty. They loath deep thought because it fosters the cultural and religious relativism (read: liberals’ wishy-washy, “anything goes” approach to life…CHAOS) it often leads to. It fosters self-criticism, which is a sign of weakness, which is another thing that conservatives seem to loath.
Question: What is it that lies at the core of the right-winger’s psyche that drives their fear of critical thought?
Answer: An inferiority complex, born of a threatened or failed “will to power.”
I think this might explain a lot. But it may not.
What do you think?
