Originally Posted by Guest

I've noticed over the years that liberals/democrats often refer to a "bogeyman" of some type in their political world. They seem to have some type of deep psychological need to run against, rail against or project hate towards some type of "bad guy.' It's like they seem to equate many of their troubles in life with outside evil forces, as opposed to the loser that they look at in the mirror each morning.

A few examples of objects or people to focus their liberal hate on would be:

- Big Oil
- Big Pharma
- Big Corporations
- Big Business
- the Koch Brothers
- the 1%
- Old white males

Muslims historically have shown a need to throw stones (literally) at objects they consider to be "devils" but I think this liberal phenomenon is different.

Can anyone provide insight as to what motivations or psychological needs impel our liberal friends to engage in this type behavior?