The Voting Mindset

Has anyone noticed that there appears to be a few particular and consistent mindsets concerning politics and voting? They follow a certain pattern and each one quickly becomes defensive of their beliefs when confronted with truth or reality. They also overlook a great deal of facts and reality to be able to support their actions (or lack thereof). Their defensive tactics are also quite consistent with each spouting the same old rhetoric and excuses.

One mindset is that of the “got it made in the shade” character who doesn’t want his personal “pond and ducks” to be disturbed with tidal waves of facts. His argument goes something like this: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You can’t fool me, overweight middle-aged politically agitating conspiracy theory WASP type guy. I have a great job, make lots of money, and carry an American Express Platinum card. I have a new big screen TV, a new swimming pool, and a new BBQ grill. My Ol’ Lady works, I make a few bucks on the side doing computer repairs, we drive a big new luxury SUV, a new luxury sports car, and life is good! It’s my economy, stupid and I don’t need you conservative whackos trying to destroy my way of life! Go preach to the rest of the right wing nuts and leave me alone while I do “shrimps on the barby”!

Uh…yep; average-weight, work-out-at-the-gym-regularly, liberal type who works 70 odd hours per week, who has swallowed the socialist lie, and who regularly votes for anti-American Godless Marxists. Life was also good in Hiroshima until approximately 8:15 AM on August 6th, 1945. It appears that you have forgotten about “exponentials” talked about in your freshman year math classes in high school and that socialism doesn’t work (you do remember “the Wall”, don’t you?). You are being bled dry by a government that hates you and is allowing millions of illegal aliens to crash your private party and kill, rape, and rob your people. And you are more concerned with your BBQ grill? That explains a lot. I trust that you don’t expect me to show much emotion when you are required to sacrifice your lifestyle in doing your fair share for the good cause of supporting 20 million illegal aliens. Trust me; there will be no tears.

How about the absolutely sincere tax paying, responsible, church going rock-solid pillar of the community for decades who thinks along these lines: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You can’t fool me, oh, ye of little faith. Know ye not that God has everything under control and that there is nothing we can do to change one jot or tittle by our simple vote?! Hah! Thou fool! Thou art found in fear and doubt! Repent and be resigned to your predestined fate! Who did you say Edmund Burke was?

Um…sure, oh, great believer; full of wisdom and….uh…other things. I guess I was misunderstanding the many parts of the Bible where we are to resist evil and to actually be the light of the world and displace its darkness. I guess I was thinking that we could actually ask God for wisdom so that we would be able to discern those who are real Constitutionalist Americans and who are for our God and our people. Silly me. I was also thinking that we could actually know those who represent us in government. Burke? Oh, he was just a guy who understood that evil will enslave us in a heartbeat if we just hide our head in the sand and do nothing at all.

Then there is the older (and you would think wiser) person who is retired or semi-retired and who is probably counting his pocket change to help make it to the end of the month: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You can’t fool me lover of the rich and hater of the poor! You want to elect those who will cut my Social Security income! Fie on you, evil and dastardly son of deception and speaker of lies! I would that I had thousands of extra votes to elect those who will insure my meager monthly income and…uh…poverty.

Uh-huh. I think I get the picture. The Liberals taxed your Social Security income and want to steal as much of it as they can but you think that it's the Conservatives who want to take it away or reduce your income. How interesting. Peace be unto you.

How about this one: Hey, Grasshopper. Like, uh…dig it. We really need to vote for those who will, like, protect our freedom and rights! Like, um, you know, like for those of us who partake in a little wacky tobacky. We have rights, you know, and it ain’t like we’re hurtin’ anybody! We have to be protected from “the Man” and, well, some of those conservative guys just ain’t interested in helpin’ “the cause” don’tcha know. They ain’t protectin’ our rights, man! Plus, we have to keep those in there who are at least keepin’ the “free love” gig happening. You know; like “women’s rights” and stuff. Naw.....I don't know nothing about teenage pregnancy, man. Hey; just hand out more condoms but protect our rights, dig?

Sure, Weedsmoker. I dig. I surely do. I can see clearly now; the smoke and mirrors are gone.

Then there’s this one: We have to do everything possible to not split the vote!! We have to maintain power and we mustn’t allow the enemy to win at all costs! We must not be a “house divided”! Uh….the lesser of what evils? Uh…what illegal aliens? Uh…what illegal war? Uh...what Constitution? Whatayuhmean, “abandon ship”?

Hmmm…..pardon me. But, I was really thinking that we didn’t have to accept an illegal form of government with a rogue president or that we had to vote for larger or smaller serpents. I guess I have been voting up the wrong tree. By the way; I have the right and the obligation to “abandon ship” if I think that it's sinking to the bottom of an ugly black sea of evil.

A real scary one is this: Oh, he seemed like the nicest one of the bunch so I voted for him. He was so sincere, too. He is a real family man and cares so much about people! In fact, I was even thinking that it may be time for us to have a woman president too!

OK. Uh, have you seen my emesis basin? Yesiree. That’s about as scientific and logical as you can get. Let’s not do any homework and find out what the candidates really believe. That’s far too much trouble. And, after all, it’s only the fate of the entire nation so, what’s the big deal? You are thinking about having a woman president? May I respectfully suggest that, given the fact that there is only one choice, perhaps you will want to continue taking your psych meds.

This one is equally scary: I don’t vote because my vote doesn’t count.

Ah…yes. And, the millions of others who don’t vote wouldn’t have changed the “hanging chad” dog and pony losers-are-whiners show in Florida at all? I see. I reckon I missed something.

One particularly grave mindset is this: We must not elect conservatives under any circumstances! They will re-establish Constitutionalism and nationalism! They will see to it that criminals are punished and even put on death row for their crimes. Then, they would execute all of those who are on death row without it costing millions of dollars in appeals and taking twenty years! That would close prisons and put thousands out of work! They would value human life over that of spotted owls, animals, and old-growth forests, for the love of Gaia! They would even go to the extreme of establishing absolutes and enforcing laws! Those fascist racists would even enforce immigration laws at every level of government and punish business that hired our friends, the illegal aliens! If that isn’t enough, they would terminate the right of a mother to slaughter a baby in her own private womb! These intellectually-challenged cretins want to end “Children's Rights” and end state control over their offspring!

Uh…what’s your point? ‘Scuse me for a second; I think I found that emesis basin.

I suspect that there are a couple of other mindsets that haven’t been addressed but am fairly confident that these are the main ones.

NOTE: Please see archived teachings at www.randysroost.blogspot.com. They had me update this blog with the understanding that "nothing would change". In fact, everything changed.