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Old 03-26-2009, 07:26 AM  
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Disclaimer: I am a Moderate Democrat and the answers I provide below are purely about the right wing of the GOP and not statements about actual Intellectual Conserrvatives or Moderate Republicans

1) Does the Republican party appeal to the less educated / more dogmatic thinking / more ignorant class of the US society?

Yes... I am not saying this purely to insult Republicans... The proof is in their own ideology.

Some Examples:
  • They don't believe in evolution (which has been proven by the Human Genome Project).
  • They believe that the Bible is the "Word of God" and infallible.
  • They believe that "the gay" is a form of mental illness and can be cured by prayer
  • They promote human life as it pertains to abortion but support the death penalty (even though there have been literally hundreds of cases of innocence proven after the fact)
  • The don't believe government should interfere in your private life but want to ban gay marriage

2)Does the Republican party make it easier for their voters by offering more dogmatism against discussion?

Yes... http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative
>> Literal interpretation of the Bible and rejection of evolutionism

3)Are the republican voters really more ignorant, or is it also a matter of the neighborhood, where crows are herding with crows and you don't want to dissapoint your "community" by having another political views?

I think the answer to this question is subjective person-to-person... but there certainly is alot of evidence to prove ignorance on the part of members of the Republican Party.

The majority of the scurrilous claims made on this page are espoused by the majority of the right wing of the GOP... so much that even members of Congress have stated they believe it.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama

4)Are the Republicans more liable to attack you in public for your political views than democrats?

I think that this depends on the person really. However, I know for a fact that the GOP is much more willing to ostracize and publicly ridicule anyone that offends their ideology. Just ask any Atheist how they are treated by Republicans when the discussion is public.
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