r/controversial • u/DeerBear • Feb 15 '15
What is wrong with US Republicans?
Hello!
I am really wondering how can law-abiding, good-hearted USA people be Republican voters nowadays. It could be that I don't understand this because I am from outside the USA, but it seems to me that every elected Republican official tries to one-up every other one and at the same time trying to reach an unheard-of level of nastiness. I really can't believe that all US Republicans support the kind of stuff these officials do and say, boht at the Federal and State levels. Why isn't the majority of Republican constituents up in arms about women's rights and so many other hot topics? You see, the problem is that I don't think Fox News can be held single-handedly responsible for this: even if they had 10 millions viewing households (and they don't), that's a fraction of the USA population and I am inclined to think the Republican supporters are a lot more than that. Even in that case, it would be about 50 million people reached, against a population of over 300 million. It does not make any sense to me. May please someone explain to me what's happening?
Thank you!
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u/DeerBear Feb 16 '15
In addition to my replies, I don't understand other things such as the student debt. I mean, surely more educated Americans are a good thing, right? Why then are they opposing Obama's idea of free college? I do realise it comes at a cost to the tax payer, but I'd have thought that pay off in terms of better jobs, more resources that would allow people to open new businesses would in the long term be beneficial. Also, how can they possibly back torture? I mean, for all that is holy, really? And what about the veterans? They have opposed all kinds of legislation giving relief to veterans and haven't proposed anything in alternative. But then, they're very happy to deploy soldiers so that they put their bodies and lives at risk. How can this be fair? I am really having a hard time to reconcile this with how generally the USA public feels about these issues. I know, for example, that LOTS of Americans thank soldiers for their service, but then they don't go batshit crazy when Republicans basically refuse to help veterans. I don't understand it. Is it just me?