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Scientists Find 'Liberal Gene'

Johnny DooWop said:
A lot of conservatives just aren't genuinely good or nice people. They are very xenophobic, aggressive, overly concerned with the protection of their "culture", paranoid about terrorist and Muslim takeovers, very hate filled, racist, I mean, have you ever watched O'rielly or Hannity? Those are the two most unpleasant men on the planet.
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You apparently haven't met very man conservatives. You base this opinion off of television? :lamo
 
Johnny DooWop said:
A lot of conservatives just aren't genuinely good or nice people. They are very xenophobic, aggressive, overly concerned with the protection of their "culture", paranoid about terrorist and Muslim takeovers, very hate filled, racist, I mean, have you ever watched O'rielly or Hannity? Those are the two most unpleasant men on the planet.
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I kind of thought Maddow and Olberman were two of the more unpleasant men on the planet. Shrug.
 
Never mind discussing the science behind this... Let's just make partisan accusations! :mrgreen:
 
buck said:
Yeah, that's it. Liberals are made of sugar and spice and all that's nice. Us conservatives are made of frogs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails. You sure showed me.
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QED. You can pout and act like what I said is unfair, but I think we both know it isn't. I'm not saying any given conservative is necessarily a bad person, but conservatism is an ideology that arises from morally, emotionally, and intellectually crippled minds who would rather blame the people they step on than do something constructive.
 
Johnny DooWop said:
A lot of conservatives just aren't genuinely good or nice people. They are very xenophobic, aggressive, overly concerned with the protection of their "culture", paranoid about terrorist and Muslim takeovers, very hate filled, racist, I mean, have you ever watched O'rielly or Hannity? Those are the two most unpleasant men on the planet.
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And you're expressing your greater tolerance by showing intolerance and sweeping generalizations.:doh
 
soccerboy22 said:
I watched O'Reilly for a few years and while he can be a loud overbearing ass he isn't one of the most unpleasant men on the planet. I think you just met the wrong conservatives if you think this.
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Are we talking about the same guy? I'm talking about the arrogant, condescending, short tempered, single-minded beacon of hatred for all things non-Republican.
 
Johnny DooWop said:
Are we talking about the same guy? I'm talking about the arrogant, condescending, short tempered, single-minded beacon of hatred for all things non-Republican.
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generalize much?

you obviously have not had much dealings with criminal defendants. Unpleasant? O'Reilly? you need a good perspective-readjustment.

Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy, the DC Sniper, now that is a start of a list of "Unpleasant people"
 
Johnny DooWop said:
Are we talking about the same guy? I'm talking about the arrogant, condescending, short tempered, single-minded beacon of hatred for all things non-Republican.
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He can be like that, but he isn't nearly as bad as you are playing him out to be.
 
DrunkenAsparagus said:
And you're expressing your greater tolerance by showing intolerance and sweeping generalizations.:doh
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I'm just calling it like I see it. Psychological studies reflect this also. There are several studies that show the general factors in underlying conservative beliefs is fear of uncertainty, intolerance of ambiguity and a need for cognitive closure. These studies were released in the Psychological Bulletin in 2003. These studies showed that liberals have a higher tolerance for change than conservatives. It has also been shown that social dominance orientation is strongly associated with conservative political views.
 
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DrunkenAsparagus said:
And you're expressing your greater tolerance by showing intolerance and sweeping generalizations.:doh
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One of the characteristics of the right is its tendency to demand tolerance of intolerance: To accuse anyone of "racism" who talks about racism; to call people "class warriors" who try to rectify class warfare against defenseless people; to call people "elitists" who want to give everyone opportunities to excel. Some of it is just doublespeak (thanks for the prompt via your signature line) or projection - vicious liars who take pleasure in preemptively accusing others of the things they themselves are doing - but really it goes to the heart of the conservative viewpoint. A predator defines freedom as being allowed to prey on the weak, and will feel constrained or even tortured having to concede a common set of rights and responsibilities with people they perceive as inferior.
 
Troubadour said:
One of the characteristics of the right is its tendency to demand tolerance of intolerance: To accuse anyone of "racism" who talks about racism; to call people "class warriors" who try to rectify class warfare against defenseless people; to call people "elitists" who want to give everyone opportunities to excel. Some of it is just doublespeak (thanks for the prompt via your signature line) or projection - vicious liars who take pleasure in preemptively accusing others of the things they themselves are doing - but really it goes to the heart of the conservative viewpoint. A predator defines freedom as being allowed to prey on the weak, and will feel constrained or even tortured having to concede a common set of rights and responsibilities with people they perceive as inferior.
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such high sounding nonsense serving as a facade to justify a far left bias.

we get the fact that those who believe in suckling on the public teat hate conservatives.
 
digsbe said:
Never mind discussing the science behind this... Let's just make partisan accusations! :mrgreen:
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Science? there isn't that much of it. They are guessing that the rest of us won't understand the science. Sort of like the Utah college professors who faked "cold fusion".
 
Johnny DooWop said:
I'm just calling it like I see it. Psychological studies reflect this also. There are several studies that show the general factors in underlying conservative beliefs is fear of uncertainty, intolerance of ambiguity and a need for cognitive closure. These studies were released in the Psychological Bulletin in 2003. These studies showed that liberals have a higher tolerance for change than conservatives. It has also been shown that social dominance orientation is strongly associated with conservative political views.
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And you take this to:

Johnny DooWop said:
A lot of conservatives just aren't genuinely good or nice people. They are very xenophobic, aggressive, overly concerned with the protection of their "culture", paranoid about terrorist and Muslim takeovers, very hate filled, racist, I mean, have you ever watched O'rielly or Hannity? Those are the two most unpleasant men on the planet.
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I know what certain studies say about conservatives, but they don't say this.
 
Troubadour said:
QED. You can pout and act like what I said is unfair, but I think we both know it isn't. I'm not saying any given conservative is necessarily a bad person, but conservatism is an ideology that arises from morally, emotionally, and intellectually crippled minds who would rather blame the people they step on than do something constructive.
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Yes, conservatives are evil. We get it.
 
Conservatives were the ones opposing breaking away from Britain and starting our own country. Conservatives were the ones opposing the abolition of slavery. Conservatives were the ones opposing women's rights to vote. Conservatives were the ones opposing the civil rights movement. They haven't done anything significant to progress this country forward in a good way. Thank goodness they left the Democratic party and switched over to the Republicans in recent years.
 
Johnny DooWop said:
I'm just calling it like I see it. Psychological studies reflect this also. There are several studies that show the general factors in underlying conservative beliefs is fear of uncertainty, intolerance of ambiguity and a need for cognitive closure. These studies were released in the Psychological Bulletin in 2003. These studies showed that liberals have a higher tolerance for change than conservatives. It has also been shown that social dominance orientation is strongly associated with conservative political views.
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You might rethink your position if you read the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2010) study by Morgan, Mullen, and Skitka.
It's an interesting study on liberals (situational attributions) and conservatives (dispositional attributions); the study concludes that both sides demonstrate both types of attributions.

Any study that generalizes and pigeon-holes any group is suspect and needs further investigation; the 2010 study is more flexible, and more credible.
 
Johnny DooWop said:
Conservatives were the ones opposing breaking away from Britain and starting our own country. Conservatives were the ones opposing the abolition of slavery. Conservatives were the ones opposing women's rights to vote. Conservatives were the ones opposing the civil rights movement. They haven't done anything significant to progress this country forward in a good way. Thank goodness they left the Democratic party and switched over to the Republicans in recent years.
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now this demonstrates the stupidity of using terms outside a given era of history and trying to apply them to different eras

conservative is irrelevant as a term unless you define the context. IN a socialist society, someone who pushes more socialism would be conservative. IN a monarchy, defenders of the crown are conservatives. In a society founded on freedom and liberty, the conservatives would be defending freedom and liberty from the creepy crud of collectivism.

the people who rebeled against the Monarchy have far more in common with american conservatives than our current crop of liberals who are statist reactionary parasites.
 
Dulcinea said:
You might rethink your position if you read the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2010) study by Morgan, Mullen, and Skitka.
It's an interesting study on liberals (situational attributions) and conservatives (dispositional attributions); the study concludes that both sides demonstrate both types of attributions.

Any study that generalizes and pigeon-holes any group is suspect and needs further investigation; the 2010 study is more flexible, and more credible.
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How can liberalism be associated with a fear of change? Liberals promote change. Haven't you seen the conservative bumper sticker "You can keep your change, I'll keep my guns, money and freedom"?
 
Johnny DooWop said:
Are you serious? O'rielly is a freakin lunatic. And he calls himself a Christian?
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Still more drama

the guy is an entertainer. get some perspective
 
Johnny DooWop said:
How can liberalism be associated with a fear of change? Liberals promote change. Haven't you seen the conservative bumper sticker "You can keep your change, I'll keep my guns, money and freedom"?
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exactly-american liberals are not liberals

they are reactionary statist parasites who want more and more government

liberals don't want change-they want to keep expanding the new deal
 
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