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To: AnonymousConservative

Your mention of dopamine interests me for an interesting reason.

The parasite protozoa that causes toxoplasmosis is almost unique in selectively producing an enzyme that causes the brain of its host to secrete dopamine in the pleasure center of its brain. Specifically when the host experiences a stress or fear response to something. Thus the protozoa retrains its host to be attracted, even sexually stimulated, by things it should be afraid of.

This is essential to the reproductive cycle of the protozoa. It is consumed by rodents that it then infects, and retrains them to be strongly attracted to the smell of cat urine. The protozoa wants them to be eaten by a cat, because it can only reproduce in the gut of a feline.

However, the protozoa can and does infect humans as well. Including an estimated 11 million Americans.

Importantly, rodent and human brains have many aspects in common, including the use of dopamine. But since the protozoa secretes its enzyme not based on a particular fear, but fear in general, and intense fear especially, it raises the question.

Does the protozoa retrain their minds to be attracted to things that they fear, or should rightly fear?

Now let us consider liberals. Liberals despise our national friends, and embrace our enemies. They also reject a healthy, normal family and life, embracing things that are unwholesome and destructive.

But at the same time, they are unwilling to just “walk into the mouth of the cat” by themselves. They want everyone to have to follow them to their doom.

Are liberals infected by a protozoa? And if so, are their brains being controlled?


2 posted on 01/19/2013 6:38:15 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: call meVeronica; TXDuke

Bump and ping...


8 posted on 01/19/2013 6:46:37 AM PST by call meVeronica
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

> Are liberals infected by a protozoa? And if so, are their brains being controlled?

Sure seems like it sometimes. Makes you wonder if O has had some scientists invent a mind control device that can be used to control liberal minded people. If they succeed in stripping firearms from the public you know an implant is not far behind...


14 posted on 01/19/2013 7:16:22 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Great Minds Think Alike? Pull the paper here, which also discusses how T. gondii infects the amygdala of the host preferentially, and how Liberals exhibit diminished amygdala development on MRI.

http://www.anonymousconservative.com/modern.pdf


17 posted on 01/19/2013 7:47:24 AM PST by AnonymousConservative (Why did Liberals evolve within our species? www.anonymousconservative.com)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Evolution defies the homogene and dopamine would explain their attraction to the violent lifestyle.


64 posted on 01/19/2013 12:00:03 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Thread necro, and long time no see, but this was an absolutely *brilliant* post.

Cheers!

132 posted on 06/25/2015 8:17:19 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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