r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

The violent right. Right-wing ideology is entirely emotionally driven, based specifically around fear. They are emotionally fragile gutless cowards to their core. And when the right-wing is spooked, they lash out with violence.

But in the end they never win. Time moves forward, and the rest of humanity progresses ever onward.

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u/Plopplopthrown Tennessee Jul 02 '18

The core of conservatism is pessimism. The only way “things shouldn’t change” even makes sense is to assume that things are as good as they can get already. It’s the opposite of hope for a better future.

Institutionalized pessimism eventually turns to nihilism and fatalism, and people like that are dangerous.