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Originally Posted by Ustwo
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Actually, while you may be joking, that may very well be true. The study I linked to in post #6 addresses biological influences on partisanship and participation.
Will: Regardless of the science, it is very well demonstrated that political leanings are generally inherited. Whether this is because of nature or nurture is up for debate, but generally inherited they are. In that sense, you are most certainly an anamoly. Whereas I fit fairly well into what's expected: my mom leans liberal and my dad leans conservative, and I identify as independent.
On the scientific side of this discussion, I completely agree that this (like many other things) is very complex. No doubt, biology is just one of a number of factors. What I take from this, though, is exactly what Ustwo just joked about
: it's not so much about the specific views as it is how you treat them. The issue gets increasingly complex when you consider that nurture can be caused by nature, and then serve to reinforce nature in the nurtured. Not only is the nature vs nurture debate a difficult one, it is in many ways a question of the chicken and the egg.
But the reason I posted this thread here instead of general discussion is because of the other part of discussion here: are most Tilted Politics regulars wasting their time with regards to their posting style? This is something that deserves to be asked regardless of the biological information posted in this thread, but I found the info interesting and figured it's a nice springboard.