re: #166 stabby

Also, like the Bible, you can’t derive that sort of nonsense from reality. One needs a bullshit source of authority to support the manipulative style. So the need for authority is part of this.

That is also a reason that the constitution is so often sited, even though the actual legal USE of the constitution is slighted. It’s old, it’s on paper, it has authority.

Authoritarianism is a crucial part of the wingnut mindset. Authoritarians can exist on the left too, but they’re very at home on the right.