2006-12-14 12:26:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
One, if his name is George W. Bush
2006-12-14 12:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
I was wondering how to answer this question and thought I might instead shed some light on the inner workings of "Osama W Bush's" mind.
Historian Richard Hofstadter encapsulated the paranoid style of dealing with momentus events with his 1965 essay "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." As Hofstadter puts it, "I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the qualities of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind."
While Hofstadter ascribes such beliefs to the political fringes, Sept. 11 kicked the trend into high gear, and the "paranoid style" has become much more prevalent in the years since. Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists now include politicians such as Cynthia McKinney, actors such as Charlie Sheen, professors, journalists and documentarians.
Indeed, adherents often point to the presence of so many well-educated and otherwise rational people in their ranks as proof of the validity of their claims. But delusional thinking has never been confined to the realm of the uneducated.
The underlying factors likely have more to do with psychology. Indeed, it is often said that conspiracy theories are born out of a sense of powerlessness. In the wake of Sept. 11 and the emergence of the nihilistic threat of Islamic terrorism, feelings of impotence and vulnerability were all too natural. All Americans were affected by such fears. But instead of facing the daunting truth, the Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists chose the path of denial.
Immersed in a political belief system in which the United States (and Israel) is always the bad guy and never the victim, adherents refuse to give credence to any development that does not fit this narrative. So rather than blaming the perpetrators, they fall back on familiar demons. After all, an enemy one can grapple with is much more appealing than the unknown. Such beliefs offer the tantalizing possibility that there's an explanation for a reality that all too often seems incomprehensible.
I encounter this kind of thinking in the form of feverish e-mails from people insisting that if I just "knew the truth" I too would understand what's behind it all. But I've looked into the abyss and I have yet to see or hear anything to validate such fantasies.
Then again, I could be part of the conspiracy, too
2006-12-14 20:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by Daz2020 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How many commie liberal idiots does it take to transform a God-fearing nation into a land of leftist long haired maggot infested dope smoking cowardly weenies such as yourself who think nothing of butchering unborn babies but who are afraid to fight for freedom against Islamic savages hell-bent on destroying our Republic?
2006-12-14 20:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One when the screwing takes place in the oval office.
Go big Red Go
2006-12-14 20:34:59 · answer #4 · answered by 43 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It only takes one liberal to destroy this great Country. Get A Life.
2006-12-14 21:13:44 · answer #5 · answered by RedneckCuitie 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Answer: The only one left!
Great question by the way.
2006-12-14 20:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by feret182 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NEOCON, a word you don't know.
2006-12-14 20:29:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What the **** is a neocon ?????
2006-12-14 20:42:00 · answer #8 · answered by mobileminiatures 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
0. But a Congress full of Democrats is doing it right now!
2006-12-14 20:28:07 · answer #9 · answered by I Hate Liberals 4 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Sorry but I don't know what a neocon is.............
2006-12-14 20:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by Billy M 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you bending over yet?
2006-12-14 20:31:07 · answer #11 · answered by fearslady 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋