abandonconflict
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Maybe not fedoras though.
Liberal Media Desperately Trying To Cover-up Violent Knockout Game
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You forgot one thing, real scientists do not consider Psychology an actual real science, its mostly just opinion. Why? "Because psychology often does not meet the five basic requirements for a field to be considered scientifically rigorous: clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly controlled experimental conditions, reproducibility and, finally, predictability and testability".
And the piece correlating conservatism to lower IQ is somehow been misconstrued because the actual study was one which correlated low IQ to racial and lifestyle intolerant folks and was MEDIATED by conservative ideas. In no way does it say conservatism is correlated to Low IQ. The actual study is here: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/04/0956797611421206.abstract
If liberals are so much more intelligent than conservatives, then why do liberals and progressives find themselves so dependent on conservative's tax dollars and not the other way around? That doesn't sound very smart to me.
Why do lefties choose useless post graduate degrees, then end up working at Starbucks or Home Depot while conservatives tend to major in business and engineering? Perhaps lefties want to show off their uber-intelligence on message boards!
echelon1k1
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what's wrong with a BA?
abandonconflict
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The paper you linked does in fact conclude that cognitive ability and conservatism are negatively correlated. It is awesome that you would call a scientific academic discipline "mostly opinion" though. Psychology is also known as cognitive science. Your appraisal is mostly opinion. The study is peer reviewed and based on empirical data.
abandonconflict
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First off, liberalism is centrist, not leftist. Secondly, I didn't mention liberals. Thirdly, you just demonstrated that intellect is less valuable to you than a marketable skill. My work is done.
Mostly opinion isn't my words, its the words of actual scientists, because you know, almost none of them consider Psychology a science.
At the greatest stretch Psychology is a "soft" science, which is a euphemism for "not really".
Its like a little league base ball player trying to say that he plays baseball just as well as A-Rod and deserves a shot on the Yankees too.
BTW the title of the study is : Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact
left-wing and right-wing have often been used as synonyms for Democratic and Republican, or as synonyms for liberalism and conservatism respectively.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics
Not centrist, leftist.
If liberalism is centrist, then so is the Tea Party. LMFAO
Correction, your work is never done until you get the government to steal money from tax payers on your behalf.
And yes, intellect in a field that makes my family and I financially independent is more important than studying political theory, journalism, history, political science, english literature or grammar and spell checking on a stoner forum.
Just sayin.
abandonconflict
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Progressivism and conservatism. Idgaf about the parties. And no. Liberalism is centrist. It is absolutely not leftist. Look it up and find capitalism and privately owned means of production. You can't just redefine words to suit your argument.
abandonconflict
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Then go feed your family and stop theorizing on a politics forum.If liberalism is centrist, then so is the Tea Party. LMFAO
Correction, your work is never done until you get the government to steal money from tax payers on your behalf.
And yes, intellect in a field that makes my family and I financially independent is more important than studying political theory, journalism, history, political science, english literature or grammar and spell checking on a stoner forum.
Just sayin.
I'm not a theorist, I'm pragmatic.
You should try it, it's a much faster route to self independence.
abandonconflict
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You didn't build that.
And you're not trying to steal it.
abandonconflict
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I don't even want it. Keep your precious there Smeagol.
abandonconflict
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Conservatism and cognitive ability have been negatively correlated by science.
Citation needed proving liberalism is centrist.
Good luck with that one.
You are the one attempting to redefine words, not me, maybe you should take it up with Wiki and accuse them?
Science also thinks humans evolved from chimpanzees fucking pigs, the end of the ice age was because of man caused global warming.
I'll stick to being a pragmatic conservative, you leave your life up to science, rotsa ruck, amigo.
abandonconflict
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In fairness, it has been redefined so many times that using it by correct definition would seem like yet another redefinition. Just visit a dictionary and find a center right ideology of capitalism, privatization, free market, and even fascism.
You're such a right wing extremist that you mistake a moderate right wing ideology as leftist.
abandonconflict
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Cool story bro.