Roachboy points out that the left and right positions are mutually exclusive, and then infers, like Host, that - since the proponents of the right spout arguments that "can't hold water" - then the supporters of the right must have some sort of psychological issue.
Well, a very learned individual once said:
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In our country are evangelists and zealots of many different political, economic and religious persuasions whose fanatical conviction is that all thought is divinely classified into two kinds-that which is their own and that which is false and dangerous.
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If you know who it is who said that, cool, but it brings home MY point - each side can poke holes in various aspects of each other's positions. You obviously aren't going to change someone's position here, so what's the goal? My guess is the thrill of debate, the opportunity to denigrate another's point of view as inferior. The nature of the language used on many posts on politics, here and in other forums, usually demonstrates this. So who has a psychological issue now? I strive VERY hard to not belittle other's opinions, because no matter how much I belive that I am right, I have to acknowledge that others won't agree with me and are entitled to that opinion.
Then Host trots out the tired argument that Republican voters apparently vote against their own interests...whether they be medical, economical, blah blah blah. Well, every time I hear this, I have to point out that some people vote based on BELIEFS and CONVICTIONS. And, believe it or not, they may differ from those that you and other Democrats might share.
I'm not saying that there aren't some real ignoramus' out there voting, but they are doing it on both sides of the aisle.