Posted on 06/14/2008 6:29:08 PM PDT by avoiceinwilderness
Don't listen to the liberals - Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows
George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity. 'One sometimes gets the impression,' he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, 'that the mere words socialism and communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, nature-cure quack, pacifist and feminist in England'.
Orwell was making an observation. But today a whole body of academic research shows he was correct: your politics influence the manner in which you live your life. And the news is not so good for those on the political Left.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Is it that the politics influence the life or the life influences the politics? I believe there is correlation, but I think the causation is from life to politics.
I’m a right wing fruit-juice drinker, sandal-wearer and sex-maniac.
Where did I go wrong?
Anyway, it’s not the fruit-juice drinkers who are weirdos, it the vegetable juice drinkers.
I would reverse this. First come your wants in how you want to live your life, then you go find a political philosophy that will justify and nurture it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Swallow that insult, you fruit-drinking weirdo!
Signed, V-8
No, really. The left always wants money for themselves, but want to deny it to you. Just like with other things. For instance, they want to live, but want you to kill yourself for the earth.
Look at Obama's tax returns.
Do as I say, not as I do.
For someone who is "supposed" to be so much for the poor, his tax returns don't show much charitable giving.
Amazing. Decades ago, Orwell had their number already. It all came to fruition.
I think you’re right on this. Your values determine which political philosophy you’re drawn to.
Remember algore’s charitable giving? Like $300 one year.
The full-scale embrace of the importance of self-awareness, self-discovery and being 'true' to oneself, along with the idea that the State should care for the less fortunate, has created a swathe of Left-wing people who want to outsource their obligations to others.
hummm lets see... this report says We are Nicer, the one last week said We are More HONEST, and the one a couple weeks ago said We are Happier with our lives and outlook on live with less stress/anger/resentment than the RATS. anybody see a pattern here???
Hmmm, so if I raise my donation by another $51 I could surpass him. But then again, it goes with my bicycling 150 miles...I wonder if Al does that.
(And Bill Clinton gave his “used” undies)...
To be fair, my tax returns don’t show much charitable giving, either. Or even any.
That’s because I don’t see what business it is of the government’s, not because I don’t give.
Or you find a political group that is willing to demagogue and pettifog to your proclivities while it advances it's true agenda that is not in your best interests.
PING!
When I was in high-school we had to read and discuss both "1984" and "Animal Farm". A year or two back I asked some teenage kids of a friend how liked those books and they had no idea about what I was talking about.
Research shows conservatives are nicer,
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Yeppers, it shows just here in FR...
That’s pretty much my philosophy. What the government doesn’t know about my giving won’t hurt them (although the deduction would be nice, were it not for the privacy thing).
That photograph of Winston Churchill is one that I have never seen before. Yes, I was part of that election. I believe that at 18 years of age, I still did not have the vote. I perused the quote from George Orwell and thought surely it had been doctored. I am indebted to Wikipedia. The quote was accurate. Yes, indeed the insight and honesty of Orwell was to flay the doctrinaire socialists. He detested them.
I see myself at the political meetings. Ruislip-Northwood division. A blue pin- stripe ill fitting suit and horn rimmed glasses, replete with red tie. A rabid socialist.Ah well, every young man has a right to be a damn fool socialist. (laughs).
If only those who follow a dream based on something for all and costing nothing, or whatever, could see. This in the coming US election.
Enough said.
I had proof of this yesterday. I was in an office to sign some paperwork, and the manager who was there to look things over noted my key fob from a conservative talk radio station. He asked if I was a conservative, and I told him “Yes”. He said “I could tell...you’re actually nice.”
He told me that those who weren’t conservative...well, weren’t very nice.
Jason Lewis of KTLK (Minneapolis, and yes we do have conservatives here in Moonbatapolis) has been pointing out the difference between the liberal North and conservative South. To the point where the so called progressive, enlightened northerners are much more racist than people in the south, in spite of the stereotypes the media continues to propagate. I lived in New Jersey for the first 33 years of my life, then lived in Houston for 12 years. In spite of the influx of liberals into Houston, I still found the real Houstonians, and Texans, to be nicer, more civil, and more honest. Liberals on the other hand, just plain nasty! Many of the callers on Jason’s show this week confirm the claims this article makes about liberals.
When I started listening to Rush Limbaugh, there was one caller, a black man from Oakland CA. He said as a liberal he was always angry, blaming somebody else, and going nowhere. He tried the conservative point of view, and found himself happier, and taking the initiative to improve his lot instead of griping. Liberals want us all to be miserable and unhappy. Let’s not live down to their expectations!
This makes sense since the Dems are constantly telling their followers that they are victims of the evil conservatives. The Dems promote envy, resentment, and other attitudes that are the opposite of Christian virtues. Conservatives teach about love of country (and that we should be thankful to be American citizens) and love of God. A thankful attitude goes a long way toward explaining these results.
I worked in Cook County with a bunch of truck drivers. The Democrats ( how they loved Al Gore! ) among them were always the ones with the foulest, most racist speech, "Jungle-B***y" this and "C**n" that, over and over again. They'd roll their eyes behind the backs of the blacks. They were very cynical types, figuring the Dems would "stick up" for them and that George Bush was an evil man who went to war for oil. The sad thing was, most of them were veterans, but their kids weren't. Their kids were lazy union losers, moaning and groaning through their work day.
Want to see the author (Peter Schweitzer) talk about this book?
Tune in BookTV (aka C-Span2 weekends) on SUNDAY JUNE 15 at
11AM EASTERN/10AM CENTRAL.
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9524&SectionName=Politics&PlayMedia=No
bump for publicity...
and to alert late arrivals to the thread about the author’s presentation
on the book SUNDAY June 15 in post 32.
LOL! I already knew that!
>>>>George Orwell was always prescient.
>>Actually, it was not prescience, but hard, cold experience.
On that note, part of his experience was from fighting with the Republicans in Spain against the Nationalists. He was darn near purged by the Stalinist left, since he had fought with the Anarchists (both on the Republican side).
I highly recommend Homage to Catalonia for some insight into this period, and Orwell “getting mugged” by the Stalinist Left. It’s a fairly short, quick read.
A former liberal acquaintance who was always fussing about the wealthy getting tax breaks once described for me how she and her husband cheated on their taxes. BTW, her hobby seemed to be trying to get free meals from restaurants by complaining about the food. She always sent it back to the cook for one reason or the other.
Of course we are. Anyone who has dealt with liberals knows they’re only nice when it suits their purposes.
Excellent article. Thanks for posting.
The notion of leftists outsourcing their obligations appears yet again.
Yes, from the author of the same book that you pointed me to a review of.I've just gotten his previous book from the library, and intend to read this one as well.
Look at Obama's tax returns.
Do as I say, not as I do.
. . . which just happens to be the name of the previous book by the author of this article.
And Bush has *lost* wealth while in the White House.
That’s because I don’t see what business it is of the government’s, not because I don’t give.
But you see thats where you're different than Barry Obama. Barry does feel that its the governments business.
Its the governments business to know how much you give.
And its the governments business to make you give.
He's the one running for office, on the grounds that rich people, like him, should be giving more.
He wants to lead this country. Let him lead by example first.
Liberals are always screeching about the under-privileged and the poor. The fact is the total wealth of libs in America is in the trillions. It should be a simple matter, and add something to their already incredible opinion of themselves, for all the lib millionaires and billionaires to subsidize all the unfortunates who they say have no hope. Come on libs, you stingy b———s, open your wallets, and add to your self-esteem.
Some things never change.
I entered their contest, “...why Left-wingers are really more lovable.”
1. Left-wingers obviously love themselves more.
2. Left-wingers have so much love for themselves and government, they don’t need God.
3. Left-wingers understand that the whole country should love them enough to care for their every need.
4. Left-wingers love babies too much to bring them into the world.
5. Left-wingers love children so much that they believe only government is qualified to raise them.
6. Left-wingers love their parents too much to submit them to their personal care.
7. Left-wingers love old and crippled people too much to encourage them to live.
8. Left-wingers love criminals too much punish or obstruct them from engaging in their life-long professions.
9. Left-wingers equate love with more things: sex, money, gift-cards, abortions, etc.
10. Left-wingers promote more opportunities to love: multiple partners, same sex, magazines, videos, inanimate objects, animals, small-children, etc.
What’s not to love?
Just wow.
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