John Dean on Conservatives...

From Alternet.org via truthout.org:

FOCUS John Dean: The Authoritarian Streak in the Conservative Movement

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072206X.shtml

John Dean writes, "Authoritarianism is not well understood and seldom discussed in the context of American government and politics, yet it now constitutes the prevailing thinking and behavior among conservatives. Regrettably, empirical studies reveal, however, that authoritarians are frequently enemies of freedom, anti-democratic, anti-equality, highly prejudiced, mean-spirited, power hungry, Machiavellian and amoral. They are also often conservatives without conscience who are capable of plunging this nation into disasters the likes of which we have never known."

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