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Political Viewpoints Linked To Fear

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the scaredy-cats-and-retards-the-new-political-parties dept.

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."

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  1. Pushing your morals by XanC · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is when you use the power of government to hold a gun to people's heads in order to fund programs that you think are important, especially ones unauthorized by the Constitution.

  2. Re:The other way arround by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 0, Redundant

    TERROSITS WHERE O FUCK

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    ECHELON is a government program to find words like bomb, jihad, plutonium, assassinate, and anarchy.