So, I was responding to the troll we had lurking around and writing out some of the things that ridiculous people like her believe, when I thought, wow this shit really is ridiculous!

Then I thought about the idea that I bet we, collectively, can probably isolate all of the bullshit ideas that seem to prop up the right wing of this country's politics and that serve no real purpose other than to play on fear, resentment and anger.

So, I'm going to plagiarize myself here a bit and pull out the list I did in the other comment thread.

Some of the most egregiously empty and vacuous ideas on the right:

1. That you can get AIDS from a waterfountain.
2. That affirmative action is just "reverse racism."
3. That Bush talks to God, and that such a notion is not proof of either delirium or idiocy.
4. That gay people are just confused and can be "taught" not to be gay.
5. That being pro-choice = being "pro-abortion"
6. That a "We will never forget" sticker on the back of your truck gives you the right to offer other people's lives in the name of 9/11.
7. That the NRA has a point.
8. That Terri Schiavo needed Delay & Jeb's help.
9. That the Republicans actually care about you, they're not just using you like a cheap whore. You're sure they're not. Just positive. You know deep down they'll call. I mean they haven't yet...they've just snuck out every morning right after dawn, maybe leaving a 10-spot on the nightstand, but more often not. But they really care about you. You just knows it.

So, what are your favorite ridiculous and totally bankrupt ideas from the right?