100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican

Addicting Info does it again. Last time they came up with If you hate taxes, here are 102 things NOT to do. Even though they graciously gave us permission to cross-post, I'd rather tease you and then send you to their place to give them some well-deserved traffic. This time around, they came up with 100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican. If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following:1.

Republicans turn their back on the Enlightenment Decline of the political species: Charles Darwin and Rick Santorum From today's paper: Over in the US, the Republican party is choosing its presidential nominee to face Barack Obama in November. But whoever wins, science may lose. The Grand Ol’ Party (GOP), as the Republicans are known, has an uncomfortable relationship with scientific fact. It’s not just the candidates. “Is the GOP anti-science?” To some extent, the cause is obvious. But it hasn’t always been like this in the party of Eisenhower and Lincoln. This Nixonian strategy actually changed conservative psychology, according to Mooney. Worse, it’s become a vicious circle. And to appeal to this anti-intellectual base, the Republican elite now have to pretend to be stupider than they are. Do they mean it, or is it pandering to their anti-intellectual base? Perhaps.

Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party