This article made me kind've sad.
It deals with an epileptic man who had a small portion of his brain removed, causing him to lose his previous reading comprehension. It became a struggle for him to comprehend words.
We're all different, and I'm not saying that conservatives are brain damaged, but what if it is just a little, a smidge harder for them to read?
There are some very intelligent, well read conservatives out there--don't get me wrong. And, I understand why the rich do what they do. But, what about republicans who vote against their own financial and social interests, who surrender liberty without a second thought, who want books like Harry Potter banned, who disdain science?
What if every book you ever opened taunted you with complexity? Would you be afraid of 1984 if you had never read it? Or worse, it was so difficult for you to read that it made you angry, the ideas lost to you in the struggle of getting through the words.
If it was me I would hate teachers, after all they are the ones who forced this horrible book into my hand, demanding something of me that I am incapable providing.
Science, oh how I would hate science. Not only are the texts dry, but the words are difficult. Why should I be expected to hold an abstract idea in my head, an idea constructed by the imagery of words, when just getting through the pages is an accomplishment?
I know that I would embrace the simplicity of conservatism, no doubt. I can be told about it. Liberal ideas are so big, complex, nuanced--without the preparation of reading, ideas like that would swarm incoherently in my mind, disorderly, taunting, just like the books.
I would hate Liberalism and its elitists, for making me feel like I'm stupid, for reminding me of what I can't do.
I would need people like Limbaugh and Falwell. They can tell me everything I need to know. And, they hate, just like me.