Glenn Greenwald's column today rebuts right wing economist Thomas Sowell's hypocritical statements regarding Lewis Libby's trial. Buried about half way down the post is a great quote from Psychology Professor Bob Altemeyer's book "The Authoritarians," which perfectly captures the essence of the right-wing authoritarian (emphasis added):
"Research reveals that authoritarian followers drive through life under the influence of impaired thinking. . .exhibiting sloppy reasoning, highly compartmentalized beliefs, double standards, hypocrisy, self-blindness. . .and a ferocious dogmatism that makes it unlikely anyone could ever change their minds with evidence or logic."
Are you thinking Family Values Rethuglicans/Larry Craig & Mark Foley, chickenhawk support of a war they don't want to fight in, the 28% supporting Bushit no matter what the damage done to America, etc.? Us too.
