Liberal Democrats have been portrayed by Republicans as overly guilt-feeling pessimists, worry warts, and negativists. It occurs to me, especially after reading many of the comments on yahoo answers, that I have never seen any signs of guilt-feelings, remorse or second thoughts among Conservative Republicans. If you can describe their P.R. front in a phrase, it would be "gung ho."
Why is this? If you are a Conservative Republican, do you think guilt is unproductive? A waste of time? Needlessly negative? You don't like feeling bad, and so, refuse to go there?
I would counter this sort of rebuff of Liberal guilt by saying that feeling guilt or remorse forces you to do the right thing. THAT is it's real value to society and the individual. If Bush felt badly enough about all the Americans who've died in Iraq, he might do something about it. But he has steeled himself, and can admit no guilt or remorse into his world.
Many party followers apparently follow his model.
Why is this?
2006-10-29
00:03:57
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