Leopards Ate My Face

and it really was the most important thing to her

Ok this really perplexes me. I actually understand the other people's reasoning. If you happen to agree with the Republicans on many issues, like if the Logcabin people are anti-choice, anti-immigration, pro–crony capitalism, and maybe those other issues are more important to you than the one where you disagree. In that case it does actually make sense to be a Republican.

But to turn around and say, like this woman does, that you disagree with them on the most important issue and still say you could never vote anyone else? That completely boggles the mind.

Makes sense once you realize it’s the “fuck you, got mine” attitude that’s at the core of republican voters. If/when this women needs an abortion she will get it in a heartbeat because only justified abortion is her abortion. If anyone else needs an abortion - fuck them, why do I care?

Lack of empathy is the key factor.

The hypocrisy of republican women is absolutely nothing new ("I think women are property except me because reasons ¯_(ツ)_/¯" and "only my abortion should be allowed") but I'm a little fascinated by the republican women who are like "we should be property!" I'm sure i'm just falling short, but it's hard to think of a group that seemingly consistently believe they deserve fewer rights.

Stockholm syndrome.

I guess she was trying to change them from within? By... consistently voting Republican in every election?

Politics is kinda like being a fan of a sports team for many people. If my team blows the game I'm still a fan of the team. If some players on the team suck, sure I might want those players traded, but I still root for my team even if they aren't.

And when we're talking about being a fan of sports there's nothing wrong with that. Sports are more fun when you're rooting for a team, even when we know it's fairly arbitrary which team you root for. But once you've chosen your team, you stick with that team otherwise it ruins all the fun. And people respect you for sticking with your team even when they have a bad season.

Of course politics isn't sports, and shouldn't be treated that way. But people do. Like wanting the team to trade the shit players but sticking with them even if they don't, people may want their party to change their stance on some issues but will stick with them even if they don't. They think sticking with the team, no matter what, is admirable. But unlike sports, the team you root for isn't an arbitrary thing that doesn't matter, choosing to stick with a party no matter what has consequences.

Flatearther astronaut?

How about a creationist-paleontologist?

I know what you mean, but there are Millions of poor white people that vote Republican.

DAMN! Missed opportunity, thanks for picking up the slack