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New study: "conservatives are dumb and racist"?
Have you guys seen this??? What are your thoughts???
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com ? 11 hrs ago
http://news.yahoo.com/low-iq-conservativ?
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"Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice..."
"Polling data and social and political science research do show that prejudice is more common in those who hold right-wing ideals that those of other political persuasions..."
"Earlier studies have found links between low levels of education and higher levels of prejudice, Hodson said, so studying intelligence seemed a logical next step."
"As suspected, low intelligence in childhood corresponded with racism in adulthood. But the factor that explained the relationship between these two variables was political: When researchers included social conservatism in the analysis, those ideologies accounted for much of the link between brains and bias."
"...there is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world.
"Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," Hodson said, explaining why these beliefs might draw those with low intelligence. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice."
"...what applies to racism may also apply to homophobia. People who were poorer at abstract reasoning were more likely to exhibit prejudice against gays."
"Prejudice is of particular interest because understanding the roots of racism and bias could help eliminate them, Hodson said. For example, he said, many anti-prejudice programs encourage participants to see things from another group's point of view. That mental exercise may be too taxing for people of low IQ.
"There may be cognitive limits in the ability to take the perspective of others, particularly foreigners," Hodson said. "Much of the present research literature suggests that our prejudices are primarily emotional in origin rather than cognitive."
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That's interesting, but can you honestly say you were surprised?
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Racism was all but exterminated down to a nearly nonexistent state before Obama started campaigning. Anyone else notice that?
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yup ive seen it.
i noticed it doesn't say what scientific method it uses, and it also says that liberals are not brilliant either.
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What a jive as# supercilious,insipid ,nonsensical,pettifogging bucket of warm spit you just posted
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Old slur, typical left wing tactic.
Winston Churchill was a dunce, so was Reagan this has been going on for quote some time.
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This study must mean that blacks are the most racist, obviously having the far lowest IQ in every study.
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That because the Anunnaki want you to be stupid.
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Yep that shows how state money is spent.Great waste of millions rather than say curing cancer.
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My thought is the people who did the study are bigots.
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the highest IQ in the world is a bar bounce wow what greatness he has provided for society. IQ doesnt matter so much.
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"The truth shall set you free"
-- Jesus Christ
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New study shows scientists with a liberal bias find what they are looking for.
"Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," Hodson said, explaining why these beliefs might draw those with low intelligence. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice."
Has it ever occured to you that traditional social structure is perpetuated because it has been successful and that other cultures who adopted other morals and behaviors died out for a reason.
Maybe the culture of ancient Sodom died out because their behaviors did not result in a stable society of individuals that co-operate.
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Do you think it just might be that Gordon Hodson happens to be a liberal. I am centrist but I find far more spelling and grammatical errors from liberals. So, based on that and forty-five years of life experience, I find this to be an slanted study. I haven't fact checked it but if it doesn't seem true it probably isn't.
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Your right all of these should make sense but IN REALITY the simpler conservatives treated the minorities fairly while the HIGHLY EDUCATED democrats were clamping chains to their wrists. The simpler conservatives were the ones chanting for civil rights while the HIGHLY EDUCATED liberals were donning their white robes. Just because something makes sense on paper doesn't mean it's how it ended up in real life.
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