Republicans are submissive to authority. Democrats think for themselves.

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich is one of the few political pundits with a strong history of being correct. He explains why Republicans stick together, while Democrats don't.

“The difference has to do with the kind of personalities the two parties attract. People who respect authority, follow orders, want clear answers, obey commands, and prefer precise organization and control, tend to gravitate toward Republicans.

On the other hand, people who don't much like authority, recoil from orders, don't believe in clear answers, often disobey commands, and prefer things a bit undefined, tend to gravitate to the Democrats.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rober...discipline_b_3646393.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

 

What a load of (*)(*)(*)(*). Left-wingers are just as much authoritarians as their buddies on the rightwing.


Try harder next time.

 

Wow. I don't even know where to start. Ok lets start here. Since you are so independent would it be OK if we cut government to 5% of GDP? How big must you have it? As a dependent submissive republican I am willing to defer to what you think is the proper size of government. As a number.

 

are you kidding? Republicans stick together? ^guy clearly doesn't know our political parties.

 

The problem, right off the bat, with him making any such claim is the simple fact that Republicans DON'T stick together. Ever heard of the Tea Party, and how they are trying to wrest control from the establishment Republicans? How about the libertarian wing, who don't agree with the big gov Republicans on much at all (and who are constantly thrown under the bus by other Republicans -how's THAT for "sticking together"?). The libertarian Republicans are the epitomy of "don't much like authority, recoil from orders, don't believe in clear answers, often disobey commands, and prefer things a bit undefined". Much more than Democrats. Robert "Third" Reich's comments couldn't be more false.

 

Robert Reich must be a complete moron if he believes Republicans are a monolithic party of people who always stick together. Not even Democrats believe that, and Democrats are constantly trying to encourage the in-fighting with articles like "Republicans need to throw social conservatives under the bus" and "The Tea Party is ripping apart the Republican Party."

 

This is all that needs to be said in regards to this:



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Yes, their disdain for authority is so strong, that Democrats are comfortable with:

Forcing you to buy Health insurance.

Outlawing you from eating transfats.

Outlawing smoking wherever you might want to do it.

Forcing you to hire people based on race, not qualifications.

Setting up sobriety checkpoints.

And do this kind of sh*t to businesses in poor neighborhoods.

Oh yes, I can feel the anti-authoritarian flowing through you... Please, this is the same old crap trying to tie conservatism to fascism.

Sorry, but conservatism has its roots in proto-classical liberalism. Military Industrial Complex? Built by Truman.

President with his own personal kill list? Obama.

 

Sounds like you are submitting to the authority of Fox/Rush/Beck/WSJ ...

 

What other type of little man is there?

How about some examples of him being wrong?

You comment contains several logic errors.

 

Hilarious stuff, coming from someone who no doubt supports being told they must buy health insurance.

Oh and Robert Reich? Perfect last name for him, he's a communist kook.

 

LMFAO! You beat me to it....that little twerp has never been right about anything, and his height made it all that more easy to give b*** jobs to his mentor and idol bill klinton. Of course this goes for every lefty, but more so to robert reich and howard dean that nothing they say can be taken as the truth.

 

Republicans are sometimes divided as to which authority to blindly follow.

Your wordplay is so clever that a pre-schooler might find it amusing.

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That doesn't even begin to make any sense.

 

Well done with the weak insults. You managed to dodge every point, and make none in return.

Since you are so independent can we get rid of some of these regulatory agencies? Do we have to regulate every little risk in human behavior, or can we wipe our own ass now?

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There is no activity on earth that you do not want to regulate, and I challenge you to name one. Just one human activity - unregulated. Leftism is submission to government.

 

Examples of what?.............

 

I've noticed that, in person.

 

How so? I come from a line of fisherman and farmers and butchers. We eat just fine thanks. Maybe a little too good if anything.

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Ho big do you need your government my independent friend?

 

I think it's the other way around. I think Democrats stick together much more than do Republicans. I think Democrats aren't critical thinkers--I think they toe the party line, for the most part, without question. One example of this is scandals--dems defend their scandalous folks, republicans ask ours to resign.

 

*looks at thread title*

Me: Horse (*)(*)(*)(*)

Seriously, any kind of common sense can prove Mr. 4th Reich wrong.

 

Oh, you're trying to deny Democrats are for these things? And you'll notice the only source I listed, was Reason.

 

It's clear from the comments by Republicans on this site. They submit to the authority figures of talk radio and Fox News.

The fact that these authority figures keep being wrong doesn't matter to them at all. If Rush tells them that second-hand smoke isn't harmful they believe it. When a recent study shows that heart attack deaths are way down since the institution of laws limiting smoking in public places, they don't notice, or say it's junk science.

All that matters is what their authority figures order them to believe.

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If you have any common sense, prove it then!

 

Start making sense or you go on ignore.

 

Some Dems go with whatever their party wants, some dissent. Some GOPers go with whatever their party wants, some dissent. Saying one is uniform and the other is disorganized is a lie - have you SEEN how fractured the Republicans are?

 

i knew you got this off HuffPo from the title.

 

It really depends on the issue and the leanings of an individual.

Republicans tend to be statist about drugs, marriage, the surveillance state, and war.

Democrats tend to be statist about gun control, laws regarding discrimination, and things like drink size bans or smoking bans.

Conservatives that trust authority are usually very religious and paranoid of terrorism.

Liberals that trust authority are usually very statist and paranoid of guns.

By the same token, conservatives that distrust authority tend to be libertarian.

Liberals that distrust authority tend to be labor or minority activists.