[The_Reader_David]

Actually the headline gives the 'Rats too much credit. Their problem is not only do they prefer fantasy to reality, but they can't tell the difference.

Heck, I prefer fantasy to reality in a lot of instances, but I know the difference and know I have to live in reality.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The question for all people is: who do you believe in at heart. What the party believed in says, is the basis of your reading of reality.

One can believe in the devil in his various modes. Some of those appear as vauntings of self, other as embracing of various malevolent forces.

One can heartily believe in God, that however bad one is, God wills the love and power to bring every willing one into complete concert with His holiness (with the journey ending in a world that is not this present world).

However, just talking about God doesn’t put oneself in the second category. There is a kind of selfish theism, where life is some sort of indefinite detente between an evilly leaned self and God, and there is no meaningful salvation in the story, only maintenance.

The memes talked about in this place, such as “Rats” and “Liberals” and even “Conservatives” don’t tell us too much; they tell us too little. They are externally observed phenomena.