I came across the Daily Kos article linked below which offered a most comprehensive and encompassing viewpoint on what several generally socially conservative groups -- creationists, gun enthusiasts, opponents of same-sex marriage, and the wealthiest 1 percent -- have in common. The threads that connect each of these groups are self-congratulation and resentment. The author puts forth a solid case describing the characteristics of each group and how the members of each group feel both special and put upon.
I cannot improve on the narrative that's offered, and it is worth reading in its entirety. The gist, however, is found in this passage: "Indeed the whole Tea Party™ "movement" started with a rant by Rick Santelli on CNBC in which he asked his audience if they, the good and decent and responsible people who paid their mortages and didn't borrow beyond their means, wanted to "bail out" the "losers" who didn't, and did. That's been the recurring motif on issue after issue, in speech after speech, in Fox News segment after Fox News segment, ever since. We are the Good People who have done everything right and believe in all the right things, They are the Bad People who wrongly benefit at our expense and don't deserve our help. Not only that, but We are not getting the respect and admiration we deserve. . . .They "hate" Us, when They should admire Us."
Therefore, creationists feel their special status in being chosen by God to lead all creatures is threatened. Marriage exclusivists (to use the author's term) feel their self-viewed elevated place in society of being married would be cheapened by same-sex married couples. Second Amendment lovers are rankled by the idea that the right to keep and bear arms is grounded not in liberty but in property rights. The so-called 1% want no contradiction from their view of deserving their status: "The wealthy are being criticized, vilified and persecuted when they should be thanked, admired and celebrated for being who they are and doing what they do."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/16/1278019/-A-Common-Thread-Among-Young-Earth-Creationists-Gun-Enthusiasts-Marriage-Exclusivists-and-the-1?detail=email#
I cannot improve on the narrative that's offered, and it is worth reading in its entirety. The gist, however, is found in this passage: "Indeed the whole Tea Party™ "movement" started with a rant by Rick Santelli on CNBC in which he asked his audience if they, the good and decent and responsible people who paid their mortages and didn't borrow beyond their means, wanted to "bail out" the "losers" who didn't, and did. That's been the recurring motif on issue after issue, in speech after speech, in Fox News segment after Fox News segment, ever since. We are the Good People who have done everything right and believe in all the right things, They are the Bad People who wrongly benefit at our expense and don't deserve our help. Not only that, but We are not getting the respect and admiration we deserve. . . .They "hate" Us, when They should admire Us."
Therefore, creationists feel their special status in being chosen by God to lead all creatures is threatened. Marriage exclusivists (to use the author's term) feel their self-viewed elevated place in society of being married would be cheapened by same-sex married couples. Second Amendment lovers are rankled by the idea that the right to keep and bear arms is grounded not in liberty but in property rights. The so-called 1% want no contradiction from their view of deserving their status: "The wealthy are being criticized, vilified and persecuted when they should be thanked, admired and celebrated for being who they are and doing what they do."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/16/1278019/-A-Common-Thread-Among-Young-Earth-Creationists-Gun-Enthusiasts-Marriage-Exclusivists-and-the-1?detail=email#
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