Why So Sensitive?

[alienmastermind]

Okay, I've been absorbing a lot of news over the past couple of days, and I want to simply ask the pundits on the Right, 'Why So Sensitive'?

When the DHS released a study saying that Right Wing Extremists would attempt to recruit returning veterans (per their chatter, and their different books disseminated among them regarding strategy), conservative talkers went berserk thinking people were talking about them.

That's odd. I don't think Bill O'Reilly would bomb a clinic, would bomb a federal building. I don't think Rush would shoot up a school or a synagogue.

I mean, it seems like this report has made Righties think it's about them, and it's so clearly NOT. The report was requested by the Bush White House, but came back with odd information about Right Wing Extremists.

Is it 'Right Wing' that bothers them? Fine, let's just say that domestic terrorists, religious fundamentalists, and anti-Government lunatics are going to be more frenzied because we have a Democratic President.

If they feel like this epithet of 'Extremist' describes them, they should probably take a deep breath and understand that the report refers to criminals. Again, I don't think Rush, Bill O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck, or Savage would have ANYTHING to do with these vile deeds.

What in that report makes them think it was regarding them, I wonder.

[Inspector Fowler]

People who hold an ideology very dear frequently tend to be extremely defensive about their beliefs. This applies to all angles of politics and other aspects of life. I got an upset e-mail from the chief of police once when, in an "official" work e-mail, I called the "residence halls" "dorms". The people who run Housing and Dining are that fucking sensitive.

So apply that thinking to any element of life that gets people worked up, and they're always on the defensive. The right thinks the left is always mocking them. The left thinks the right is always mocking them. It never ends.

[Shrinn]

As soon as one right wing pundit misinterprets it and assumes it's about him and complains about it, other ones will think it's about them too. After all, their buddy thinks it's about them and he's smart.

[CES]

People who hold an ideology very dear frequently tend to be extremely defensive about their beliefs. This applies to all angles of politics and other aspects of life. I got an upset e-mail from the chief of police once when, in an "official" work e-mail, I called the "residence halls" "dorms". The people who run Housing and Dining are that fucking sensitive.

So apply that thinking to any element of life that gets people worked up, and they're always on the defensive. The right thinks the left is always mocking them. The left thinks the right is always mocking them. It never ends.

It tends to give the idea that the defensive people aren't very secure about what's being challenged, don't you think? The best part is that it's virtually interchangeable with anything you could have an opinion on.

[Inspector Fowler]

It tends to give the idea that the defensive people aren't very secure about what's being challenged, don't you think? The best part is that it's virtually interchangeable with anything you could have an opinion on.

Exactly. I've mentioned that I listen to one of those Patriot Radio type networks because they're awesomely funny (also because some of them are dangerous and it's like free training on how to talk with them). They are ALWAYS defending their different beliefs from a million different sources when, in reality, people almost always dismiss them as crazy and don't worry about it.

But I think that deep down, they wonder if they really need to be collecting gold and silver, listening to the news from Israel (seriously, last night they announced a parking lot closure in Jerusalem - on a radio station that doesn't even hit all of Colorado), polishing up the guns, and buying up MREs. So they spend half their on air time not so much discussing their beliefs as "protecting" them from various "threats".

I tend to be very suspicious of people who hold very, very strong beliefs. Many times they only hold them out of dogmatic repetition, and this applies to everything. I had a friend who was super convinced Obama would pretty much save us ala Superman the day he took office. It wasn't just, "I think he's got some great policy ideas" or "He's going to try some things that have worked in other countries", but this bizarre insistence. He couldn't explain why, and the guy can't name probably 1/10th of Obama's actual record or stated intentions on most policies, but as a result he was extremely defensive of his beliefs because he actually had put very little thought into them.

On the other hand, when I meet somebody with deepy held beliefs who can explain them thoroughly to me, I am always very, very impressed.

[Ultima Thulian]

If the right wing pundits weren't bitching and trying to martyr themselves, then they wouldn't be doing their jobs. Get money get paid.

[Shamrock Jimmy]

It tends to give the idea that the defensive people aren't very secure about what's being challenged, don't you think

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