Whether we like it or not we tend to be energized by extremism, becoming the most enthusiastic about extremism when it reflects ideologies to which we adhere, otherwise our enthusiasm is an induced opposition.
The Republican Party is a manifestation of extreme U.S. nationalism, extreme U.S materialism/greed, extreme U.S. militarism, extreme U.S..corporatism, extreme U.S. exceptionalism and extreme delusion. The Republican Party should more appropriately be named The Psychoses Party, its supporters being the Psychotics.
Fear-mongering and hate-mongering are the Psychotics' stock in trade. . The enthusiasm of the Psychotics is not invented, not manufactured, not made-up just for TV... it is real (not whatsoever to mean logical, founded on truth, reality), it is not a reaction to enthusiasm they sense being exhibited by those they love to hate and love to fear since U.S. Liberals are as whole seemingly enthusiasm-proof except in so much as what enthusiasm U.S. liberals do exhibit as a consequence of being induced by the very high-voltage enthusiasm of Psychotics.
It is ironic and would be funny were the consequences not so tragic that Liberals accuse Psychotics of ignoring science. When defining existence in terms of quantum theory it is useful to think of the smallest unit of information storable in a computer: a bit, either the digit 1 or 0 used to represent one of only two outcomes, e.g. On or Off. Light or Dark. Alive or Dead. True or False. There exists no half-quantum, no half-On_half-Off, no half-wave, no half-True_half-False.
More than any other creature, humans have appeared, as a whole thus far, to have managed to survive and thrive with little to no regard to or awareness of the quantum mechanical nature of existence, living as if Newtonian laws are the laws that govern the universe, and therefore govern Earth, govern Life; laws that allow for fractions of a 'whole', gradations or degrees of a 'unit'; laws (more like methods) which applied to the scale of most Earthly existence work so well we could care less whether Newton provided us with universal laws of existence or just convenient rules and methods for allowing us to exploit matter on earth.
So, when it comes to science, here's what is ironic, albeit disgustingly pathetic to some, about Liberals' political ideology (amorphously ambiguous as the sum of their beliefs necessarily is and still yet be deemed an "ideology"): U.S. Liberals (aka Democrats to most) have staked out an imaginary middle ground between Communism and Fascism, between 1 and Zero, between Life and Death, between Light and Dark, between True and False, between Equalitarianism and Elitism, between Democracy and Corporatism, between Justice and justUS, between Freedom and Bondage, between Peace and War.
When it comes to U.S. politics, Liberals are absolutely incapable of effectively opposing --as in eliminating the manifestations of the ideologies of-- Republicans. Liberals' pathetic resistance to Republicans, only makes Republicans more determined, stronger, more convincing liars and deceivers but the frauds are the Liberals not the Republicans. By claiming they are not militarist, fascist, corporatist, elitist, authoritarian, religion-perverting, psychotic sociopaths does not at all mean that Republicans are frauds. It means Republicans will do anything to prevail and they fully appreciate Liberals for enabling them to continue their rampage on Earth and Humanity.