Why does the Left have so many irrational Fears?

Irrational Fear of CO2

Irrational Fear of Chritianity

Irrational Fear of Nuclear Energy

Irrational Fear of Corporations and Business

Irrational Fear of Capitalism

Irrational Fear of Economic Freedom of any kind.

Why?

 

As long as we're generalizing to levels of absurdity I'll talk about Conservatives.

Irrational Fear of gays?

Irrational Fear of cultures?

Irrational Fear of all Muslims?

Irrational Fear of liberals?

Irrational Fear of change?

Irrational Fear of evolution?

Irrational Fear of progress?

Irrational Fear of logic and reasoning?

 

Don't be talking to the left about fear.

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Co2, it's dangerous and we we're running out of oil. We need to switch to a new energy source.

We don't like religion in govt. It clouds judgement.

Does Chernobly mean anything to you?

Corporations corrupting Congress, isn't that a reason to be worried?

Don't know how many liberals are scared of Capitialism, nor economic freedom. That's why we have rules, so there is economic freedom.

 

No, it's not.

I don't like Socialism in Government, it clouds judgement.

Impossible in the West

No proof of it other than wild speculation and conspiracy theory.

A man losing 50% or more of his income every year to taxation is slavery.

 

Irrational Fear of Inanimate Objects(i.e. guns)

Irrational Fear of a Strong Jewish State

 

Do you people not understand the word "irrational"?

There are some (*)(*)(*)(*) good reasons to be afraid of many of these things. On both sides.

 

Rational fear of generalizations

 

That about sums it up.

 

You don't realize Co2 is dangerous? I didn't realize you could breath Co2.

I don't know how many socalist gets in Govt. Can you tell me?

Actually no, we did have something similar to Chernobyl. The Three Mile Island incident is an example.

So the late 1800's never existed, or the astroturfing during the healthcare debate, or any sort of lobyists?
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The question is better stated as:

"Why does the Right indulge in such Denialist ignorance?"

 

Bad brains...

 

My advice to you is don't exhale then. And we're not running out of oil.

We don't have religion is govt. Islam does though...

It means that the Soviet govt like all big totalitarian govts don't do anything well and our reactors are safe. The fail-safes at TMI worked in spite of the engineers trying to over-ride them.

Like GE ?

Not scared, just contempt.

 

Best not to reply to a wing nut. Nothing to be gained there. Just allow them enough Koolaid to drink as they board the crazy train.

You know the one run by engineers like Palin, Bachmann, Delay, Dubya, Cain, Pawlenty, Romney and the rest of their unelectable, unprincipled lunatics.

And watch as they fly off the rails. Fun isn't it?

 

Fear is bipartisan. It's also what keeps people alive. Fear is a survival instinct.

 

Three mile Island was no where near the scope and size of Chernobyl. Nice try.

 

Why do right wingers have such an irrational love for straw men?

Why?

 

Yes yes.. all the left is so dismissive.

We cannot function as an advanced society without carbon. The idea that we can eliminate carbon when our entire infrastructure over the last century and a half has been based around burning carbon based fuels within 10 years is so completely outrageous I don't even know how to explain how crazy a belief it is.

There isn't a technology available in the world that will reduce that dependence on carbon on the massive scales necessary for at least 5 decades.

So fearing CO2 and intentionally damaging what is left of our tottering western economies trying to limit it when our competitors in Asia are not is an irrational act.

Much the same with the rest.

oh and lefties stop calling me a denier. I admit to Global Warming. But what you think is going to happen(that if you punish people hard enough and for long enough financially, renewable energy will suddenly within 10 years flourish) is not going to happen. So just stop trying already. You are living inside a myth.

 

It is becoming more and more expensive, and will continue to do so pretty steadily(it will go up and down, but with a long-term curve always going up) until the supply runs out. With increased competition for oil from emerging markets, oil will just get more and more expensive. We could be forward thinking and start to plan for the time when oil becomes too expensive now, but oil lobbyists are good at paying politicians and using propaganda to get irrational people on the right to love oil. I mean love as well. It shouldn't be a partisan issue, and yet conservatives talk about oil like normal people talk about sex or really good food/beer/wine!! Oil is neutral, I don't care either way, however if government can create incentives for companies to develop cheap, clean, renewable energy sources, why would any rational human be be opposed to that?

Yes we do, but you are right, religion in government is much more prevalent in Muslim countries. How has that worked out? Not good, huh? All I can say is secularism is fantastic!!

 

I've got a few more:


Irrational fear of genuine racial equality (i.e. honestly treating people the same instead of using segregated quotas and overcompensation)

Irrational fear of traditional values

Irrational fear of masculinity

Irrational fear of guns

Irrational fear of the status quo

Irrational fear of free speech they don't agree with

Irrational fear of blunt honesty

 

Because what you call "incentives" are not positive incentives, they are negative ones. They are designed TO CAUSE PAIN to those who rely on carbon based fuels. They are designed to HURT PEOPLE FINANCIALLY in the hopes that they will live in the cold and dark as opposed to the light and warmth of modern life. Carbon taxes, ETS, etc HURT people with higher energy costs for no good reason other than to make environmentalists feel better.

There is nothing wrong with a politician being religious.

 

There are huge problems with Governments being religious.

 

Ok......

You're on to something there

As in multiculturalism? Ya, that's a failed policy.

Pointing out that Muslims blow people up doesn't mean there's an irrational fear of them, it's just pointing out the obvious.

Nobody fears liberals, but your politics people need to be wary of.

Ya, we don't want your change. If you haven't noticed your "change" isn't popular with the rest of the country, that's why you folks are a minority. You haven't noticed this?

People disagree with evolution, so that doesn't really mean they're afraid of the theory of evolution.

Ya, what you folks have to offer isn't progress, it's pretty much the opposite.

The modern American left wing lacks logic and reasoning.

 

That is incorrect. There are incentives to act, and there are disincentives to act. Some advocate that we create incentives for companies to create or use alternative renewable energy sources. I am among those people. Others advocate that we create disincentives for using carbon based fuels, I am not among those people. I think those disincentives will come naturally, and that is just the price increase that will result from increased demand from emerging markets. I think instead we need to give incentives to innovate technology in the field of renewable energy.

There is nothing wrong with a politician being religious. There is a great deal wrong with a politician who makes decisions based on an ancient book of fairy tales. That IS a problem.

 

All the money in the world isn't going to make renewable energy any more viable than it is right now for decades.

Which is why we have Parliaments and Houses and Senates. They dillute those decisions and opinions.