[AnonymousConservative]

This is a blog post from my website at www.anonymousconservative.com. The site is devoted primarily to the concept of political ideologies as intellectual manifestations of more primitive r and K-selected reproducitve strategies, out of r/K Selection Theory in Evolutionary Biology, as well as how an understanding of the mechanisms behind this allows for the psychological manipulation of ideologues.

There is a follow on post to this one, discussing political strategy at

http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/?p=607

[dragonblustar]

Obama courted his base, over and over again. Rove and the other GOP elites ignored their base, took them for granted and expected them to follow along. After the election, they still didn’t understand what happen. They will repeat this mistake in the election as well, because they already been flouting rinos to test the waters.

The GOP should not have excluded so many conservatives to the convention. I’m no Paul fan but the GOP didn’t do enough to court his people as well.

[JCBreckenridge]

the Pursuit of Happyness is a hell of a film. You should watch it.

[TheZMan]

Well done. I think this format / organization will work on those who already think the way we do, or are intelligent enough to work through the ramifications of your points. I don’t think it would work on the Rove-ists or those already on the left.

Your amygdalae-related explanation fogs the point you’re trying to make which (IMO) is that the country in general lacks a proper grasp of where we are, and the consequences of continuing the status quo. They live in that happy ignorance that comes from a life lacking the explanation and critical consideration of real world consequences. They have had their self esteem endlessly, and needlessly reinforced by their teachers, parents and leaders such that they’ve never had to lose, never been told “no”, never understood that someone winning through effort and natural ability is a good thing. The endless preaching of non-violence (which you touched on) goes hand in hand with an overabundance of caution, and a mindless protection of the environment.

From top to bottom, it’s my opinion that the populace is “damaged”. Whether you could reach them through honest ad-engineering or not remains to be seen. Until the current crop of appeasers and panderers is flushed from the party (or a conservative party is properly formed, which in itself seems an insurmountable challenge), the party will not be willing to perform what they see as political suicide through “negative”, “hateful” and “divisive” ads.

[newheart]

The only way amygdala volume can be increased, is through exercising the populace’s amygdalae, by exposing them to aversive stimuli, in association with Liberal concepts.

Setting aside your reliance on the amygdalae as your primary driver (something that sounds like the classic definition of "reactionary" to me) I agree that the populace needs to be exposed to the negative side of the liberal worldview.

Traditionally, the negative side of any currently ruling worldview was the domain of a free press. However, that press barely exists and what has taken its place is an obsequious pack of sycophants clamoring each day for their bit of propaganda to publish.

So how does the true nature of the liberal worldview get revealed? I am afraid, this time, it will require that the agenda of the left become implemented. Not that this has not occurred before many times in history, but the populace of this once free nation has been lulled to sleep. Short of a genuine revival (yes, that kind of a revival), I don't see much to stop the nation from playing out the time-honored script of the left. The assumption of power in the name of "the people" by corrupt individuals who very quickly oppress those they claimed to be freeing, followed by prison and/or death to dissenters, and, eventually, revolution. Given the power of technology today, I am inclined to expect those deaths to be in the millions and the likelihood of a successful revolution slim.

[x]

There is no guidebook to all of life's situations.

Everybody has stories about the crazy or stupid things their parents did on vacation.

Our kids have similar stories about the crazy or stupid things we do on vacation.

For all anyone knows, Romney's less of a psychopath than you are.

[hosepipe]

http://blip.tv/davidhorowitztv/bill-whittle-6444929

[mjp]

We need people hearing the word Liberal, and feeling a visceral revulsion at all the stupidity, the weakness and pathiety, and all of the negative consequences and suffering the ideology will bring.

We need more pictures of Detroit and California and the like

[GBA]

Well done. You've voiced my thoughts better than I would have, but for some reason you're still in the "R" column. I couldn't force myself to join that party a second time after Dole. Nope, never again.

I despise them as much as I do the demonrats, if not more so, with each and every election. Republicans are the Luke Warm Spew party.

They won't fight, don't believe in principles and give the demonrats whatever tools they want/need to enslave, control and fleece we, the foolish.

May they all reap what they have sown along the way and for the commandments they've broken to gain and hold "power" and wield influence.

[SunkenCiv]

Op-Ed: Humans evolving into bigger idiots? Stanford professor thinks so
Digital Journal | November 21, 2012 | Paul Wallis
Posted on 11/24/2012 5:54:09 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2962578/posts