I received an email from someone in the US the other day and it was a list comparing Republicans and Democrats in what he thought was a funny way. I will not dwell on his sense of humour, which seems to consist of laughing at and ridiculing anyone who thinks differently to him.
The list (what is it with lists?) contained the following;
Republicans want to torture and then execute guilty terrorists at Guantanamo;
Democrats want to release them and provide compensation for their distress.
I quote this because it seems to represent a particular mentality of many right wing Republican supporters in the US. They have no understanding of the issues involved with the injustices being promulgated by the US in the name of their so called “war on terror” and no desire to understand those issues. They assume that because they are there they must be terrorists.
What I find most interesting is that the mentality being demonstrated here is identical in every respect to that demonstrated by the people involved in the terrorists attacks.
The similarities are actually quite chilling
- Ultra right wing relio-political views that are xenephobic in nature
- Inability to submit to open rational debate
- Parochialism
- No desire to submit the accused to proper systems of justice
- Blind adherence to the views of their political masters
- Â Engaging in illegal acts and justifying this on the basis of their desired end
- A desire to convert the world to their relio-political system by force if necessary
People with some perspective on world affairs and who can see beyond the end of their nose would probably find this amusing if it was not for the gross injustices being perpetrated by these people.