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On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > well not directly born republican or democratic, but neuropsych > differences have been found between self identified conservatives and > liberals. For instance the part of the brain that mainly deals with > processing fear and anxiety related information tends to be larger > among conservatives. In contrast progressives tend to have a larger > and more active anterior cingulate cortex. That part of the brain > deals mainly with complex and nuanced data. > > That in part may explain why fear based messages resonate much more > with conservatives and complex and shades of grey cognition is more > attractive to liberals. > > Similarly another line of research with personality traits have shown > that liberals tend to score higher on measures of Openness to > Experience while conservatism is positively related to > Conscientiousness. Both of these traits are thought to have large > heritable components. > > let the frothing and teeth gnashing begin... > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:45 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Assigning fault I am fine with. My problem comes from political > prejudice. > >> To me, it's just as distasteful to say "all black people are ____" as > it is > >> to say "all republicans / democrats are ____". > >> > > > > Hmmm....i don't necessarily agree with you here. > > > > People are born black....people are not born democrat or republican. > > > > If you make a CHOICE, and that choice is to associate with a certain > > group....then i think criticism of said choice is not on it's face, > > distasteful. It can be, but it doesn't have to be. > > > > I would make the blanket claim that "all members of the KKK are > assholes", > > and I would stand by that. They made a choice, and here's what i think of > > it. > > > > I find that far less distasteful than blanket statements about people who > > are solely a member of a group because of genetics. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
