To conservatives dissent from their viewpoint is largely discussed and valued, to liberals dissent is dismissed attacked and belittled.
Conservatives understand the liberal mindset to a greater degree than liberals understand conservatives.
The article was crafty in putting the cart before the horse, 100% the author is left leaning. You'd have to presuppose the liberal mentality is the correct one for those tests to be at all amusing. So needless to say, i'm sure this one is a big hit with liberals.
Lets argue about the questions that this author asked the candidates and figure out which policy or response is most reasonable based on superior results and not rhetoric. Then we can consider the benefits of those who don't waver in their viewpoints under varying conditions (conservatives in this particular trial) vs those whom did.
You liberals have to realize that conservatives wouldn't mind one bit living under liberal policies if those liberals policies resulted in a better country. To conservatives dissent from their viewpoint is largely discussed and valued, to liberals dissent is dismissed attacked and belittled.
Conservatives understand the liberal mindset to a greater degree than liberals understand conservatives. The acceptance of the goodwill of an opponents argument is paramount in most conservative discussions, because the opposing viewpoint is valuable. I can't say the same for how liberals treat their opposition, which is ironic given the mirage of tolerance they claim as home base.
What does it say about liberals that they think expecting people to be responsible for their actions is a sign of mental illness?
You could also conclude that "liberal" thinking (the new meaning, not the original) is far more fragile and requires a person's full mental faculties to constantly convince themselves that they're correct...
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Based on my independent research with an admittedly small sample size, drunk women are more likely to have premarital sex, therefore I can only conclude that the effect of alcohol is the opposite for females.
So basically the dumber and less rational you are, the more conservative you are?
I don't think that squares. And I'm liberal.
None of these studies had anything to do with baseline political stance.
It's entirely possible to be an intelligent, deep-thinking conservative. However, Conservative value include non-interference, and retributive (eye-for-an-eye) justice, which are the 'easy' answer to most questions (regardless of whether they are 'correct').
It makes sense that a distracted person will give the obvious answer more often than when not distracted, especially if they would normally prefer to 'think' before answering.
For example, my default policy is non-interference, but in many, many situations, the details cause me to support 'interference'. I would classify myself as a Liberal, but one who considers each and every issue.
Give me six beers and start asking me policy questions, and I'll definitely sound like a Conservative.
That "breed" has been extinct for 20+ years.
You could also conclude that "liberal" thinking (the new meaning, not the original) is far more fragile and requires a person's full mental faculties to constantly convince themselves that they're correct...
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That "breed" has been extinct for 20+ years.
Political leaders of that breed have been extinct for 20+ years.
But intelligent Conservatives are very much around.
By and large they don't vote "Conservative" anymore, if they vote at all.
Liberalism in politics is only 'almost' dead. Conservatism is stone-cold dead.
Is it typical "liberal" intelligence to think that the average income in a podunk city is $100K/yr? Or were you drunk?
:awe:How can someone be so omnipotent but yet be such a worthless leaching lazy motherfucker?