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My Republican Roots [1]

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Date: 2022-08-20

I think I may have some insight for perplexed smart people (and Democrats) who have a hard time understanding what motivates ignoramuses (ignorami?) and MAGA’s. I was born into a Republican family. I grew up on a farm in New England without a single level acre, and with ancient farm equipment and a reliance upon lots of child labor. I am in fact, a direct descendant of the original colonial settlers on that land in 1710. I was an unusual child in my family. I was nicer. My grandfather used to say that I was the kind one. I excelled at school and that was very unpopular in my sibling group. I was an entrepreneur, finding ways to earn some cash, and other members of my family did not pursue the same objectives. Ultimately, I earned a full scholarship to an Ivy League university, and that was the beginning of the end of any hope of family harmony.

In the culture of my birth, achievement of any kind is viewed as an affront to the family. My leaving home, on a full scholarship, sealed my fate as “Never-Welcomed-Home-Again”. Every return there in the past 40 years has resulted in my being approached with anger, and hostility. There is one big outlier here My oldest brother has remained decent and kind, and although he would never say the words, I think he is actually proud of me, The rest, though….. I actually earned two subsequent degrees after my first, and work as a physician. Each step has deepened the estrangement from the rest, and at their insistence, really.

So my family that I never talk to, can be summed up as being well, a bunch of haters. They hate MANY minorities. They hate achievers. They hate the educated. They REALLY hate smart people. They hate people with money, or nice cars. And they especially hate Democrats. I learned the hard way that one of the worst crimes I could commit in the family was to argue politics by the use of logic and facts. That simply WILL NOT BE TOLERATED in family circles. So… they don’t actually believe there are Jewish space lasers. They will never admit that classified secrets in documents should never have made it to a cheesy golf resort in Florida, but I think in secret, they could probably agree on that. They will stick to their convictions to all things MAGA, because to do otherwise would mean letting go of some of their hate. And they will not do that. Not ever.

It’s simple. What binds people to the GOP is their hate.

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