Posted on 06/28/2018 10:47:03 AM PDT by WWII_Historian
Everyone who has ever participated in fruitless political discussions can guess what is going on. However, few people knew for sure why most of such discussions end inconclusively. It seems that now we know the answer: a study by Professor Ryan Murphy titled " Psychopathy by U.S. State." It's worth mentioning that Murphy's research is not politically motivated, like Rossiter's book The Liberal Mind.
Without going into the details of Professor Murphy's research methodology, we note that Connecticut is at the top of the psychopathic pyramid in America. It is followed by the states of California, New Jersey, New York, Wyoming, Maine, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Illinois. Virginia closes the top ten most "psychopathic states," whose populations show personality characteristics of antisocial behavior.
It is easy to see that the five states from this top psycho-list also occupy a place in the top ten states with the largest tax burden in America.
Most importantly, eight of the ten most psychopathic states in the U.S. voted for Hillary Clinton.
At the bottom of the psychopathic pyramid of America is the state of West Virginia. It is followed by Vermont, Tennessee, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Montana, Mississippi, and Indiana. Oregon closes the top ten least psychopathic states. Only Vermont on this list belongs to the half of the states distinguished by high levels of taxation, and the remaining nine are well known for their low taxes.
Seven of the ten most non-psychopathic states of America voted for Donald Trump.
Is Professor Murphy's research the final point? By no means! After all, no one has ever been able to successfully argue with a psychopath while remaining within the framework of a civilized discussion.
For example, how do you explain to a psychopath that in about three out of four cases, irrational, aggressive, and absurd leftism can be a symptom of well known mental pathology?
[Originally published at American Thinker ]
Gary Gindler is a conservative blogger at Gary Gindler Chronicles.
It’s Florida. We’re used to it..................
Yes. I live in Maryland
How do Montana and Wyoming end up on opposite sides of the scale?
Vermont is 48? I grew up there and it might have been about 30 years ago but now?
I guess sometimes coming in last.....is good.
Proud to be last!
Montani Semper Liberi
Yes, Konnecticut - which is why I'm moving from a .380-carry to a 9mm....
Yes, but I’m 6 slots down from my former location...
And Massachusetts didn’t make the top 10? This is a flawed report!
“How do Montana and Wyoming end up on opposite sides of the scale?”
My guess would be sampling error. Probably didn’t take migration into account.
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They take the Psychopath.
I live in Washington State and I believe that Governor Jay Inslee is a traitorous Spycopath. It’s time to arrest government officials who are running sanctuaries for foreign invaders.
As a Californian, yes.
Wherever democrats control, there you have psychopaths.
They truly are mentally diseased.
They’re only interested in being mentally diseased enough to walk to the mailbox and pickup their “crazy checks”.
I find it VERY hard to believe that Wyoming is listed as one of the top psychopathic states. This suggests to me that all of their data is skewed.
Worked in People’s Republic of New Jersey for 35 years.Took the money and retired back to Pennsylvania 14 years ago.
And Massachusetts didn’t make the top 10? This is a flawed report!
Not so crazy... maybe we’re the crazy ones for PAYING for them.
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