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Political Viewpoints Linked To Fear
Pentagram writes "Researchers writing in Science report that the political orientation of test subjects who have strong views is linked to how easy they are to startle. They found that subjects who were more fearful were more likely to have right wing views, such as being in favor of capital punishment and higher defense budgets. The researchers suggest that this psychological difference is why it is so difficult to change people's minds in political arguments."
Hate leads to Anger... Anger leads to killing George Lucas for some really bad movies.
Republicans are cowards.
Yeah this discussion is going to go well...
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Try chewing your food next time.
BOO! Hahaha.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
No, MY beliefs are valid, not yours! Yours are silly and smell bad!
Invoke Godwin's law and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
93rd rule of Slashdot: No matter how obvious my sarcasm is, my comment will be taken seriously by someone.
Arr... ye need not be fearin' silly things t' have a phobia, me hearty. Acrophobia be a very sensible fear, fer example.
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
Perhaps conservatives are not more easily frightened, but rather simply are more attentive to their surroundings and not as distant and out-of-touch as liberals. After all , ingestion of THC probably plays a large role in the slow response time that liberals show to stimulus.... uhh, like wow man.
You're one of those people who freak out when they just SEE a gun, aren't you? So how was that last geohashing event?
Since it has now been determined that being a republican is biologically based, now you are just a hater and a bigot.
What are you, some kinda Nazi?
A crucifix?
Wouldn't it be nice if we had country where people could help themselves instead of relying on handouts from republicans?
All points of time and space are connected.
Oh, hey republicans...
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BOO!
Hahahahaha.
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You should check out California, the Cereal State: Home of Fruits, Nuts, and Flakes.
And historically... I wonder who has a higher body count, government goons or mere muggers.
Mosquitoes.
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This reminds me of another important piece of research (ok, it's from The Simpsons).
This sounds really damn funny when you hear Bender say it in your head.
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republicans are known to give more to charity than democrats.
It's not fair counting the $85 billion bailout of AIG as "charity"