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Researchers Claim To Be Able To Determine Political Leaning By How Messy You Are
According to a study to be published in The Journal of Political Psychology, you can tell someone's political affiliation by looking at the condition of their offices and bedrooms. Conservatives tend to be neat and liberals love a mess. Researchers found that the bedrooms and offices of liberals tend to be colorful and full of books about travel, ethnicity, feminism and music, along with music CDs covering folk, classic and modern rock, as well as art supplies, movie tickets and travel memorabilia. Their conservative contemporaries, on the other hand, tend to surround themselves with calendars, postage stamps, laundry baskets, irons and sewing materials. Their bedrooms and offices are well lit and decorated with sports paraphernalia and flags — especially American ones. Sam Gosling, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, says these room cues are "behavioral residue." The findings are just the latest in a series of recent attempts to unearth politics in personality, the brain and DNA. I, for one, support a woman's right to clean.
You know you will be justified in calling them a fascist
You've seen the current national debt, right?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
>>>... and if you got no books at all, you might just be Republican :)
You know I'm sick of these prejudices (yes that is the correct word). I'm a Republican, I read lots of texts, and my room is about as messy & colorful as any liberal room.
Furthermore, I'm sick of the label "conservative". The idea that man should rule himself (not be ruled by politicians) is about as liberal as can be. I support legalization of marijuana (inside your own home) and same-sex marriages (it's your bedroom; do whatever you want). I'm as liberal as any Democrat, I just don't think having my government act like my daddy is the answer.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.
If someone redefines another term in this topic my head is going to explode
It depends on what the definition of *IS* is.......
I'm sick of you people misappropriating the word 'liberal'.
No. Replace "trespassers" with "entering my house". I don't know any libertarians which shoot before determining the actions are malicious. You do them a disservice to say they're too stupid to think about their actions. Even the guy in Texas waited at least 5 minutes before being absolutely sure they were robbing his neighbors house.
The liberal, will not be able to shoot because the "common sense gun control" laws (what a doublespeak term that is, ha) he voted for have removed his right to own a gun for self defense (only for shooting animals!).
Here's the problem, sir: you're using the old definition of Republican. The party doesn't stand for that anymore.
Hey, look! It's Bono's brother.
The Republican party hasn't stood for your values in decades. The size of government balloons under Republican administrations, they spend money like there's no tomorrow, they push through draconian legislation like the PATRIOT Act, and they don't support legalization of marijuana or same-sex marriages. Why do you continue to identify yourself as a Republican when it's obvious that they don't stand for anything you believe in?
Why would I switch to Democrat when *they* don't stand for anything I believe either?
They talk about freedom, and yet they want to add even more taxes to my paycheck. I'm already losing 40% of my pay in automatic deductions. We don't need more taxes.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.