Originally Posted by roachboy

i don't remember anyone saying anything about "the mouthbreather set"---personally i think it's pretty important to assume that most conservatives are reasonable people---that's what lets you start to think about the effects of ideology. if you assume these folk are simply stupid, then there's nothing to look at, nothing to think about because you've answered your own question (what is this about? how is this possible?) up front.

i think populist conservative ideology blinkers peoples' worlds, but it has to do so in a way that is compelling, so which does not feel like that is what is happening. it has to be an explanation of the world for a range of demographics. that this explanation is surreal is, to my mind, kinda interesting. and that an effect of buying it seems to be a blinkering of the world is both interesting and a Problem.