See this earlier post: Is Being A Conservative A Mental Defect?
Example from the study:
An Oppressed, Mocked Minority
Conservative Republicans passionately believe that they represent a group of people who have been targeted by a popular culture and set of liberal elites – embodied in the liberal main-stream media – that mock their values and are actively working to advance the downfall of the things that matter most to them in their lives – their faith, their families, their country, and their freedom...
The notion of a liberal media using its reach and power to advance a radical agenda is a given for these voters. If you do not see and understand this reality, you are not a part of their collective group and you cannot possibly understand the current political environment in our country. This creates an almost siege-like mentality, in which these conservative Republicans are always on the defensive, at all times looking for any slight against them and their beliefs and seeking to link it back to a broader effort rooted in the liberal media.
Although I find it interesting that they now see themselves as the minority after oppressing other minorities for generations. And, they would not be mocked if they stopped this. (yes, I am an elitist.)
