Is it THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME AFFECTING THE REPUBLICAN BASE?

[opihimoimoi]

They display all the signs and symptoms of victims supporting their kidnappers/ masters....

Whole groups of people are rejecting Reason, Truth, and Sanity....not to mention Logic and Common Sense....by their continuing their involvement with the Republican Party...

This is a National Crisis....it dilutes the Advancement of Positivity and the Well Being of the Nation

Where is the focus on the Common Good? Not with the R's....

That being said....what to do about it???

The Democratic Party should, IMHO, develop a strategy to address this sickness called Republicanism

We need a National REHAB CENTER for those poor victims of the SS

A Place where they come to their senses

I strongly suggest a series attempt at it....

Opi

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8398704

Here is a link to some comments leading to this notion...sorry if its a repeat of the S Syndrome observation

[customerserviceguy]

1. National Rehab Center?

Oh, yeah, something that sounds like 're-education camp' is gonna convince them that we're right...

[opihimoimoi]

2. Better to try than allow its continuing is my bet

[The River]

3. They Have PTSD

from 911 and a bad case of ambiguous loyalty to a party (and media) which has
been co-opted by the corporate oligarchy. They can't use rational
thoughts/ facts to moderate the instinctual responses to danger which reside
in the reptilian part of our Triune (3 part) brains.

[Hansel]

4. I think that is a large part of it. They are in need of serious counseling.

I think that the Bush administration did everything possible to prevent the American people from getting past that crisis in order to manipulate them with it.

I can think of many other president who would have told the American people to get up off of their knees instead of using psych ops to convince them that cowering was Patriotic. That is a one major disappointment I had with Obama's acceptance and inaugural speeches. No mention to the American people to stand up strong, proud and tall in the face of threat, and to stop cowering.

[opihimoimoi]

6. Thank you....Much work needs done in this feild of Medicene...urgency need not be mentioned

[The River]

7. Exactly

"I think that the Bush administration did everything possible to prevent the American people from getting past that crisis in order to manipulate them with it. "

and the media keeps reminding them of 911 / terrorists constantly
to keep them fearful and our war machine busy.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Arthur Koestler described this in Janus....Meism is alive and well with this group