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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
There have been several such dubious "studies" come out recently, all purporting to show that non-Leftists are cowardly, stupid, uninformed, lacking in compassion and generally Nasty People: oddly enough all of these "studies" seem to do nothing more than support asinine Leftist stereotypes.
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Can you point me to information regarding these identifiers?
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I wonder if we'll ever see a "study" by a major University which purports to confirm all the nasty stereotypes Rightists bandy about in regards to liberals?
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What stereotypes?
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When "The Bell Curve" came out, it was rightly panned for engaging in this kind of "research." But then again, The Bell Curve purported to show that Blacks are stupid, oversexed, criminally-inclined numpties, while these latest such works purport to show that non-Leftists are greedy, stupid, cruel, and cowardly.
If anyone can point out to me a difference between these two cases besides the fact that Black Americans usually vote Democrat, I'd love to see what it is.
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There is a difference between behavioural-based research and race-based research.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
so it's reasonable from a sociological viewpoint (or a discourse analysis viewpoint, or a rhetorical viewpoint) to assume that there's something compelling about a discourse based on fear or anxiety about loss of position or status for people who share certain beliefs or assumptions about the world. it's logical to assume that there are connections between these beliefs and some sort of cognitive arrangement, simply because there are connections between *any* disposition (or act or anything else human beings do) with *some* kind of cognitive arrangement.
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I think this is at the core as to why the media would make a correlation. The mainstream conservative political discourse tends to play off of anxieties and fears. It happens in Canada as well as in the U.S.
As one example, there is a big push from conservatives to build more prisons despite a dropping crime rate. And the backdrop of this is a past push for tougher penalties for criminals. All of this despite a dropping crime rate.