Why Do Republicans Hate So Many People?

[Magical Realist]

"First, Republicans hate poor people. While they have always opposed Medicaid expansion and have continually called for cuts to Medicaid, now that they are in power, they are doing everything to gut the only program that provides life-saving health care to a large portion of our population.

Republicans hate seniors. Social Security and Medicare has been on their list of programs to cut in order to continually lower taxes of rich folks. They oppose allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower prices on drugs for seniors. And now the Administration is cutting the Social Security Administration so severely it is rendering it unable to deliver the benefits seniors depend on.

Republicans hate women and especially women’s rights. They have historically opposed any bill that would expand women’s rights including the guarantee of equal pay in the workplace. They have long opposed women’s reproductive rights and, with the end of Roe v. Wade, states (red) have passed draconian laws targeting these rights that now imperil the health and safety of women in general. In some states (Republican) a woman having a miscarriage can be refused care and even be prosecuted and jailed. Further, there is now legitimate concern for the continued availability of contraception.

Republicans hate black people and minorities. They have consistently proposed and passed laws that restrict representation and access to voting. Many states ® have passed myriad “Voter ID” laws that impact minority populations much more than white folks. These states have also reduced the number of polling centers that further restrict voters.

Republicans also hate voters, especially those who may vote for their opposition. In some states, they have actually given power to state officials to overturn the results of an election if they don’t like the results.

Republicans certainly hate LGBTQ+ people. After centuries of repression and discrimination, there has been a national awakening and willingness to accept people for who they are. Gay marriage became legal. But while a strong majority of Americans continue to favor diversity, ® legislators have enacted laws rescinding laws protecting LGBTQ+ folks and have also passed laws restricting trans people from obtaining proper health care. And what we thought of a few years ago as “settled law,” gay marriage is again under attack.

Republicans hate immigrants, especially those from non-white and poor nations, forgetting the origins and heritage of almost all of us. The draconian attempts to deport immigrants are not only illegal but unfair and inhumane.

Last but far from least, Republicans hate truth. It holds no meaning to them. Otherwise, how can you explain the fact that a large majority of the party continues to believe the “Big Lie” that Trump won the 2020 election? And an inordinate number believe the January 6th insurrection was not what we all watched on television: a violent invasion of our Capitol that threatened the very fabric of our government and democracy.

I realize that most Republicans do not hate all or even any of these people, but the government and Legislatures that are enacting these laws have been elected to office by Republican voters, so they do bear responsibility for their actions. And now those who voted for them are seeing that those they voted for have no regard for them, their families, their children, their jobs and their hopes and dreams.

To answer my initial question, I see that all of the above groups are either poor, working class, underrepresented or at least not rich. Now, why Republicans choose to represent and reward the wealthy over the rest of us, you will have to ask them."--- https://tucson.com/opinion/column/articl...26b06.html

[C C]

They got the Wyatt Debble in them.

[Magical Realist]

It's certainly no coincidence that this hateful tendency towards certain people in Republicans matches exactly the same one that dominated America in the 40's and 50's. Hence the unquestioned aim of preserving or conserving old values, or what are really anti-values. The continued thoughtless transmission by them thru their own offspring and peers of misogyny and racism and homophobia and nativism and xenophobia.

[Syne]

"First, Republicans hate poor people.

False. "Poor people" is a huge generality that doesn't reflect the reality. Republicans have nothing against anyone who is poor through no fault of their own, like the victims of natural disasters, death of the primary earner, or even those born into a pattern of generational poverty effectuated by welfare dependency. The later objectively harms those very people it purports to help. "Give a man a fish..." If anything, Republicans are more concerned with their long-term well-being than Dems who try to farm certain communities for votes... which requires them to remain a permanent underclass. Republicans dislike people who repeatedly make terrible life choices and then expect everyone who doesn't to bail them out. If you've had two children outside of marriage, by two different fathers, and you've made zero effort to change the behavior that will lead to more, that's on you. Your bad choices are not anyone else's responsibility. But even then, we don't hate you. We wish you'd change your bad choices and behaviors and better your own life. Enabling people's bad choices doesn't lead to them bettering themselves.

While they have always opposed Medicaid expansion and have continually called for cuts to Medicaid, now that they are in power, they are doing everything to gut the only program that provides life-saving health care to a large portion of our population.

Entitlement programs are the single largest drivers of national debt, and the cost of anything subsidized by the government grows beyond inflation, just from the simple fact that providers, whether healthcare, colleges, etc., will always inflate prices to absorb the extra funding. These are economic realities the "feelings first" left either doesn't understand or refuses to acknowledge.

Republicans hate seniors. Social Security and Medicare has been on their list of programs to cut in order to continually lower taxes of rich folks.

Cuts to entitlement programs have nothing to do with tax cuts for the rich. This is the usual leftist assumption that it's a zero sum game. It's not. Both simply work toward lowering the national debt, by lowering the largest drivers of debt and increasing the jobs and productivity that grow the tax base. The left seems perpetually incapable of understanding basic economics.

They oppose allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for lower prices on drugs for seniors. And now the Administration is cutting the Social Security Administration so severely it is rendering it unable to deliver the benefits seniors depend on.

Despite congressional opposition, polls have shown that a majority of Republican voters support allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.
- Google AI

Congressional Republicans do seem to conflate "price controls" with negotiations, where Medicare has a strong negotiating position and Republican voters generally support negotiating drug prices. The Trump admin has both pushed for such negotiations and demanded that drug companies distribute the costs of R&D to every country equally, instead of the US carrying the lion's share of the burden.

Republicans hate women and especially women’s rights. They have historically opposed any bill that would expand women’s rights including the guarantee of equal pay in the workplace. They have long opposed women’s reproductive rights and, with the end of Roe v. Wade, states (red) have passed draconian laws targeting these rights that now imperil the health and safety of women in general. In some states (Republican) a woman having a miscarriage can be refused care and even be prosecuted and jailed. Further, there is now legitimate concern for the continued availability of contraception.

We already have laws against discrimination on the basis of sex, and there is no pay gap beyond personal choices or career field, hours worked, etc..
Killing babies in the womb is not "reproduction rights." No, their health isn't threatened, as all abortion bans, at the very least, have exceptions for immediate threat to the life of the mother. Unsupervised use of abortion pills is a greater risk to women's health. Only leftist healthcare providers have refused care, weaponizing women's health for their own politics. There is zero concern over contraceptive access. That is a complete lie.

Republicans hate black people and minorities. They have consistently proposed and passed laws that restrict representation and access to voting. Many states ® have passed myriad “Voter ID” laws that impact minority populations much more than white folks. These states have also reduced the number of polling centers that further restrict voters.

Assuming minorities cannot get ID is racist. The minorities themselves will tell you it is. Voter registration counts are used to determine the number of polling places. So this seems a complete fabrication.

Republicans also hate voters, especially those who may vote for their opposition. In some states, they have actually given power to state officials to overturn the results of an election if they don’t like the results.

What states? What laws have given them that power?
Whereas the Democrats party primaries has been known to use "super delegates" to ensure the outcome of their primaries is what the party wants.
Also Democrats are against cleaning the voter rolls, to ensure there's no voting fraud using dead registrants. This erodes the effective power of "one man, one vote."

Republicans certainly hate LGBTQ+ people. After centuries of repression and discrimination, there has been a national awakening and willingness to accept people for who they are. Gay marriage became legal. But while a strong majority of Americans continue to favor diversity, ® legislators have enacted laws rescinding laws protecting LGBTQ+ folks and have also passed laws restricting trans people from obtaining proper health care. And what we thought of a few years ago as “settled law,” gay marriage is again under attack.

Disfiguring and removing healthy tissue from otherwise healthy bodies is not "proper health care." It's actually against the Hippocratic Oath. Democrats are determined to keep the mentally ill ill and drugged, as another permanent underclass they can farm for votes.
The government only became involved in marriage because Democrats didn't want interracial marriage. The government has no business sanctifying any marriage.

Republicans hate immigrants, especially those from non-white and poor nations, forgetting the origins and heritage of almost all of us. The draconian attempts to deport immigrants are not only illegal but unfair and inhumane.

False. Republicans like LEGAL immigrants who come here to be productive, assimilate to our culture, and become positive assets to our country. We do not like unproductive leeches or people who violate out immigration laws, cheating the system all honest immigrants abide by.
Deporting illegal aliens has been federal law for decades.

Last but far from least, Republicans hate truth. It holds no meaning to them. Otherwise, how can you explain the fact that a large majority of the party continues to believe the “Big Lie” that Trump won the 2020 election? And an inordinate number believe the January 6th insurrection was not what we all watched on television: a violent invasion of our Capitol that threatened the very fabric of our government and democracy.

Who believes Trump won 2020?

Trump said, “82% of the country understands that it was a rigged election.”

We couldn’t find any credible poll — or any group of polls — with results that support Trump’s claim. His campaign also produced no evidence to support it.

Polling continues to show that most Americans believe the 2020 election was legitimate.
- https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-tr.../21316494/

Seems this author believes lies.
And leftists clutching their pearls over Jan 6th is either ignorant, hysterical, or performative.

I realize that most Republicans do not hate all or even any of these people,

So the whole premise up to this point was always a lie.

but the government and Legislatures that are enacting these laws have been elected to office by Republican voters, so they do bear responsibility for their actions. And now those who voted for them are seeing that those they voted for have no regard for them, their families, their children, their jobs and their hopes and dreams.

You obviously have no clue how Republican voters feel... projecting your own feelings on them.

To answer my initial question, I see that all of the above groups are either poor, working class, underrepresented or at least not rich. Now, why Republicans choose to represent and reward the wealthy over the rest of us, you will have to ask them."--- https://tucson.com/opinion/column/articl...26b06.html

Except the Republicans have obviously taken over representing the working class, as Dems have abandoned them for the elites and fringe special interest groups.

[Yazata]

This whole thread is an expression of hatred for half the population of the United States.

I disagree with and dislike many/most Democratic party policies. But I don't hate most Democrats, even when I think they are so wrong headed as to effectively be crazy.

I support legal immigration, but only at a level that the United States can assimilate. Emphasis on assimilate. I support the melting-pot ideal, where people come to the United States in order to become Americans, in order to join the culture that already evolved here. Certainly they can bring aspects of their old cultures with them, with an attitude of 'Here's something from back in XYZ that the rest of you might like'. That's how American culture evolves: Just look at the foods we eat: Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Thai. President Trump is married to an immigrant. My hero is Elon Musk, an immigrant. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is an immigrant. Many immigrants are wonderful and are a great asset to the United States.

And I strongly oppose the Democratic party's policies of open borders and importing tens of millions of unvetted foreigners (many of them military age males from violent war-torn failed states) without any idea of who they are, what they want, what their values are or what their histories were wherever they came from. Immigrants mustn't flood in with such numbers that they overwhelm public services and become burdens to the rest of the community. I oppose the mobs of illegals in LA waving Mexican flags as they burn cars in defiant opposition to obeying American law, while demanding every right that American law provides. Frankly, opposing open borders and mass migration was my biggest reason for supporting President Trump in 2016 (and today). I support a political party that puts the American people first. (And many of my political views about Europe are based on the same principles.)

I support a society in which we all share more things in common than drive us apart. Common interests, common values, common loyalties. That's the only way that true community can form and survive. I support things that draw diverse groups of people together as one. Frankly, that's one reason why I love Starbase and the inspiring dream of humanity extending out into the universe that it represents. A whole community has grown up around it and that community is exceedingly diverse. People from many countries, of many races and ethnicities, all gathered around this shared dream of humanity's future in space. Patriotism and love of country has historically played a similar role: The flag, the 4th of July, serving in the military. That common purpose is why some of America's most successful years were the decades after WWII after all the combat veterans came home.

And I oppose a society that divides everyone up by "race", "class" and "gender", inflaming grievance of group against group simply for votes and political gain. That's the antithesis of the ideal of community that I value so highly. Carried to its extreme, which we have been approaching in the last few years, it threatens to destroy everything that I hold dear.

I support equal opportunity. Discrimination in hiring, contracting and government services is in direct contradiction to that, whether it's discrimination in favor of straight white males or discrimination in favor of this or that fragment of the Democratic party electoral coalition of the alienated. Hence I oppose DEI. I'm white and male, and while I may be stupid, I'm not stupid enough to embrace discrimination against me and mine.

I support law and order and equal justice for all. I support peaceful law abiding, ambitious and ideally visionary people and I oppose predatory criminals who prey on them. Hence I'm inclined to support the police, as long as they are perceived to be fair and working on behalf of the community.

I oppose the "Soros prosecutors" who behave as if they were defense attorneys, privileging criminals over the safety of the public. I oppose the decriminalize-crime movements that we see in big blue cities, where things like shoplifting and street assaults become so bad that businesses close and whole neighborhoods become sordid slums. I oppose "defund the police" movements and I oppose the Democrats' go-to strategy of organizing street riots. I oppose the Democratic party's violent 'black bloc' Antifa, today's analogues to Hitler's brown-shirts.

I believe in Democracy, which I take to be the right of the people to decide for themselves how they want their communities to evolve... even if what the people want for themselves and their communities is anathema to whatever minority it is that believes that it is superior and rightfully in position to be Plato's totalitarian philosopher-kings from the Republic.

The Democrats like to pose as the party of the people, while in reality they are the party of public officials, entertainment celebrities, big city media, and educators. Everyone who thinks that they are better qualified to guide your life than you are yourself. Those who believe that they have privileged access to the Truth, privileged access to a Higher Morality than the common people's benighted bigotry and ignorance. In my view, populism is synonymous with democracy: Rule by the people.

Of course not all of the people are going to agree and hence there's the 'tyranny of the majority' problem. For that reason I also favor states rights, in which the power of the federal government is restricted to things like foreign affairs, defense, interstate commerce, the monetary system, upholding the Constitution and the like. And the different states should have their own autonomy in social matters, education, welfare and the like. Actually, that's what the United States Constitution already requires, in the universally ignored 10th Amendment.

Ironically, those who screech loudest about "diversity" always seem to be in favor of a top-down one-size-for-all elite rule out of Washington DC imposing their radical social change vision on all of the rest of us. The way I propose means people needn't be trapped in a system run by people whose vision and ideas they can't stand, they would always have the option of voting with their feet so to speak by crossing state lines to a state with a different social agenda, without having to give up their citizenship or the protection of the US military or the rights enshrined in the Constitution. Let California be California, and let Idaho, Oklahoma, Indiana or Florida do different things, provided only that it adheres to the Constitution.

And that's the vision that I think would probably be best for the European Union too. Let its members keep their unique histories, languages and cultures without homogenizing them out of existence from Brussels. But encourage them to cooperate and act in coordinated fashion in defense, trade and so on.

[C C]

This whole thread is an expression of hatred for half the population of the United States.

I disagree with and dislike many/most Democratic party policies. But I don't hate most Democrats, even when I think they are so wrong headed as to effectively be crazy.

[...] And I oppose a society that divides everyone up by "race", "class" and "gender", inflaming grievance of group against group simply for votes and political gain. That's the antithesis of the ideal of community that I value so highly. Carried to its extreme, which we have been approaching in the last few years, it threatens to destroy everything that I hold dear.

I support equal opportunity. Discrimination in hiring, contracting and government services is in direct contradiction to that [...] The Democrats like to pose as the party of the people, while in reality they are the party of public officials, entertainment celebrities, big city media, and educators. Everyone who thinks that they are better qualified to guide your life than you are yourself. Those who believe that they have privileged access to the Truth, privileged access to a Higher Morality than the common people's benighted bigotry and ignorance. In my view, populism is synonymous with democracy: Rule by the people. [...]

It truly has become an upside down world. MAGA basically consists of the proletariat that the global far-left, as well as mainstream Democrats, once courted. But now neither wants that less educated, non-elite working class anymore because they are deemed to be the source of bigotry and anti-academic orientations (woo and conspiracy).

Thus, the contempt expressed by the establishment -- those institutions and industries primarily constituted of progressives and democratic socialists. The once vital hoi polloi have been replaced by marginalized population groups (and consequently the uptick in promoting positive discrimination). Although the vastly fewer and most traditional Marxists (that didn't move on to critical theory and other Antonio Gramsci descended stuff) still want to revolve around the proles and would probably take them back in a heartbeat.

The classic Republican Party was not populist (and it still has some of those former remnants muttering disgruntledly in the background). It was stereotyped as the stodgy party of the wealthy, an image virtually inimical to something like the groups which currently constitute Republican voters. Which it was gradually accumulating over the decades prior to Trump, but the latter brought in a new flurry of oddball independents and alienated Democrats, and kind of solidified the new makeover of the GOP.