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Republicans, know thyself!
Here's a list of psychological terms for what your brains invent (with examples) to defend your fragile egos when you are presented with incontrovertible facts and arguments from the likes of moi:
- denial - "Tax cuts create more government revenue."
- displacement - Driving a pick-up truck into a mosque after 9/11.
- projection - Vociferously anti-gay Republican official/preacher/representative caught in a gay sexual tryst. (Too many cases to mention).
- splitting - Obama accused of being simultaneously a crypto-Marxist and a crypto-Muslim.
- fantasy - Birtherism.
- rationalization - "We must cut future Social Security benefits for the young so that Social Security will be there for them in the future." (OK, that's just a non sequitur).
- regression - Glenn Beck's crying at everything. Ditto John Boehner.
- acting out - Teabaggers mocking and throwing money at a Parkinson's patient who wanted Obamacare.
- (over)compensation - Romney's inexplicable lack of human touch is OK because he's a "classic executive" who excels at hard analysis.
- reaction formation - See anti-gay Republican homosexuals above.
According to experts, the only known cure for these forms of cognitive dissonance is to buy a Chevy Volt and vote for Obama.
By Paul Rosenberg
August 26, 2012 | Al Jazeera
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