What one study says about violence as a result of political rhetoric. Basically there is a small subset of Democrats and republicans who are Trait Aggressive and are likely to be more influenced to act out their aggression due to violent speech. Republicans are NOT more prone to this than Democrats. And the majority of the public, the vast majority, are extremely resistant to any influence by political speech to commit violence.
"People who are classified as "trait aggressive"—those more likely to engage in aggressive social interaction, no matter the circumstances—DO respond to violent metaphor in political advertisements. What's completely safe for most of us can make a small minority feel more like acting out." "The results from this study provide some evidence rebutting partisan interpretations of political violence support, at least in the present form. Trait-aggressive Democrats and Republicans both expressed greater support for political violence following exposure to violent metaphors in political texts, though Democrats seem to show somewhat greater reactivity. Apparently, though Democrats and Republicans differ in many ways, support for political violence is not one of them." Of course the question must be raised - would trait aggressive people respond any differently to political speech as compared to say a violent movie? http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/13/what-one-study-says.ht ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
