re: #118 Whack-A-Mole

It’s not just the Founders they view as saints. For the wingnuts, everything is white or black, saint or demon, good or evil. They can’t even really acknowledge the unwelcome parts of their heroes (Reagan and gun control, taxes, etc).

It’s been a long time since I took a psych class but it always reminded me of what they call splitting.

I was actually talking about this with my brother the other day. WE both agreed that a big part of the conservative mindset is the tendency to view things in absolutes.