Red Brains vs. Blue Brains?

eLoco writes "From the NYTimes (reg. req.): The Political Brain -- "Why do Republicans and Democrats differ so emphatically? Perhaps it's all in the head." Researchers from UCLA have seem to have found that liberals have, on average, a more active amygdala than conservatives. According to the article, studies of stroke victims "have persuasively shown that the amygdala plays a key role in the creation of emotions like fear or empathy." So is this scientific "proof" that liberals tend to be more compassionate but also more cowardly? [DISCLAIMER: this is not a troll; I am a liberal]. Regardless, this seems to have implications for more than just politics. Favorite quote: "Perhaps we form political affiliations by semiconsciously detecting commonalities with other people, commonalities that ultimately reflect a shared pattern of brain function.""

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Or, if you're a conservative...

[revscat]

It's always someone else's fault.

Right. I mean, check out the conservative line of reasoning:

Example: "I'm not going to go see Fahrehnheit 9/11 for the same reasons liberals won't watch Fox News."

Example: "Vote fraud? Man, the liberals do it to, you just know it. (So it's ok if conservaives do.)"

Example: "Only telling one side of the story is ok, because the liberals do it to."

Example: "It's ok that the President went AWOL during the Vietnam war, beeacuse Bill Clinton got a deferrment."

Example: "It's ok to lie, cheat, and steal because some Democrat somewhere at some point did it, too."