The 23 percent

Hard Core Wingnuts!

      Many of us have suspected this for a long time.   The hard core wingnuts are just followers who have the need to be led around by a hook in the nose.   So many times I have seen their comments on this blog be just regurgitated RNC talking points.


I have heard them trying to pass off my efforts to link to liberal / progressive petitions as being a follower of a particular Activist Site (MoveOn, Democracy Now, Peace Action, etc...).   In reality they are juxtaposing their actions by labeling my actions according to their mindset.


I have often used the alliteration that they are just lemmings following their leaders off the cliff and celebrating victory all the while.   This study referenced by John Dean of Findlaw just confirms my feelings and observations that I have had for a long time.   The NeoCons have taken full advantage of the wingnuts and they do not even realize they have been had...   - fc

23% of Us are Fuc*ed!


Acording to his findings [Dean], a vast majority of Conservatives are drawn into the Leader/Follower archetype, where the Leaders are considered infallable, and the loyalty of the Followers is completely unshakable. About "23% of the populace falls into the follower category" said Dean. "These people are impervious" to fact, rationality and reality. And their "Numbers are growing".



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