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Karrius, we have a rule in the Pit about parody threads, that requires that they include a link to the thread being parodied. No warning issued, and I’ll insert a link in your OP for you, but please try to this in mind in the future.
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All true except that you are describing RWs, not conservatives. Not the same thing. Conservatives are cautious. Conservatives are suspicious of rapid change and radical measures. RWs demand them. No conservative would ever cry “End the Fed!” or “Molon labe!” or “Drown it in a bathtub!” At present the GOP appears split between the two.
I was not aware of that rule. I apologize. I will also add that it was meant to include stuff from these threads (the first of which is in GD):
Like:
ETC, ETC, ETC. These were all from conservative posters, even though the thread I chose to parody wasn’t. But don’t get me wrong - SlackerInc is a giant dumbass, and likely the majority of liberals are, too, in this regards. But the liberals aren’t screaming about persecution on this board, and so weren’t useful for the thread.
Have social conservatives been right about anything in the entire history of mankind?
“People who disagree with me are insane/monsters/criminal and should be punished for it, if not considered less than Human”
Yup, every goddamned time. :rolleyes:
Not much glory in making fun of conservatives in a predominantly liberal board like this one.
Well, I’m sure they’ve shot down some truly awful ideas from time to time.
God damn it Jim, we do NOT need another Jell-O sex barn for mid-year audits.
Just another time they were wrong, in my opinion.
I bet you were fooled by Jon Swift as well.
I saw the parody aspect immediately. I think you are clueless at times Oakminster (as are we all) and that you have insufficient self-knowledge with regards to such tendencies (which if correct deserves to be rectified. Right?)
ETA: Here is the tell, but frankly I had caught on earlier:
I don’t read every thread on this board. Had no idea what you were on about. Took it at face value, which I still believe is they way you intended it to be taken.
sometime ago, so no cite or good recollection of details, i read an article looking at amygdala differences in people and their political spectrum position.
There’s evidence of a structurally larger and more functionally active amygdala in conservatives. They react differently to cognitive tests of faces, threats and risky decision making. The larger role of the amygdala is in accord with greater fearful responses to stimuli.
This is also in accord with a separate line of literature in personality research that shows more anxiety and fear among those with conservative political orientations.
Functionally, it is consistent with their typical behaviors and preferences; order, stability and sameness reduce anxiety. Novelty and the strange provoke it.
Liberals show higher activity in the anterior cingulate, which is associated with emotional regulation, tolerance for ambiguity, and flexibility in decision making and problem solving.
Interestingly in one study on risky decision making, the subjects actual choices did not significantly differ, even though the brain function underneath it varied in terms of amygdala function versus ACC.
Ok, I didn’t realize that the OP was a parody post.
However, there are certain tenets to right-wing conservatism that I have trouble figuring out how to reconcile with the thought processes of a rational, sane mind:
Racism
Homophobia
Sexism
Rabid anger and hatred of anything that could be interpreted as “Liberal”
Violence
Anti-intellectualism
I mean I’m a jerk about a great many things. But I don’t advocate my jerkiness as a viable political philosophy.
Certain topics like abortion or gun control or the economy, sure. I can see various sides to those arguments. But when I see right wing conservatives making various crazy hate-filled statements online or turn on Fox News for any length of time, to me they sound like lunatics.
People who try to oppress, harm and exploit others are certainly not very nice - and that’s conservatism.
A conservative seeks to maintain the status quo, maintain continuity and emphasize stability.
The GOP wants America to be 1950 again, and that is called being reactionary.
I think the Occam’s Razor explanation is kids usually believe what their parents believe. But I’d love to see a cite for inherent brain differences resulting in specific political affiliation. If you have a reputable one.
My God, he’s figured it all out - how could you all have been so soft as to let him post something like this on the Intertubes for all to read and be exposed to the unvarnished Truth of Conservative Thought? You know, of course, that after the Right Wing Hit Squads take him down, you’re all next. Better to take your capsules and crush them between your teeth (after mercifully killing your families) that try to resist punishment for your transgressions.
I’m very, VERY disappointed in all of you. No post-Rapture salvation, or cookies.
It applies to pretty much anything. If you practice certain skills, like music or math, you can change those areas of the brain. Although I suspect he’s thinking certain people’s brain come like that out of the box and not that thinking in a certain way for a long time changes the brain to that state.
:dubious: There’s been quite a few news stories on various studies claiming there are such differences; Hentor the Barbarian wasn’t just making things up. Or even making a particularly obscure claim.
Pretty much every other personality characteristic has some genetic components. Why wouldn’t conservatism? It’d actually be really weird if it DIDN’T.
That’s not to say it’s all genetic. Few personality traits are.