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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! ^ | 1/26/2012 | Stephanie Pappas

Posted on 01/26/2012 11:50:34 AM PST by Dr. Thorne

There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.

SNIP

Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: academic; hogwash; progressive; research
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To: Dr. Thorne

The rest of the psychology department at Brock (Lesnar) University.

21 posted on 01/26/2012 12:18:28 PM PST by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation!)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Liberal Beliefs linked to false sense of superiority and Low I.Q.


22 posted on 01/26/2012 12:21:16 PM PST by G Larry (We need Bare Knuckles Newt to fight this battle.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

“Prejudice” is the honor “common sense” pays to “experience....”


23 posted on 01/26/2012 12:21:47 PM PST by papertyger
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To: Dr. Thorne

This is very funny. Anyone can see that this study is fake without even bothering to look at it. I’m sure that Lawrence O’Donnell, the fat Minnesota guy, and Madcow on MSNBC will be all over this tonite. They’ll fall for it because it feeds their prejudices.


24 posted on 01/26/2012 12:23:08 PM PST by Sam Clements
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To: iacovatx

Good comment.


25 posted on 01/26/2012 12:29:46 PM PST by Track9 (The revolution IS brewing..)
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To: Dr. Thorne

“People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb,”

So liberals aren’t so smart. Sort of a ‘water is wet’ kind of statement.


26 posted on 01/26/2012 12:34:39 PM PST by lurk
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To: Dr. Thorne

This coming from a guy who associates with folks that aren’t able to differentiate between a toilet and a cop car.


27 posted on 01/26/2012 12:36:08 PM PST by dforest
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To: Augustinian monk

Conservatism...so easy even a caveman can do it.


28 posted on 01/26/2012 12:37:29 PM PST by running_dog_lackey
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To: Dr. Thorne
Last time I was tested I scored a 135.

I would love to test the IQ of the average Obama voter. The democrats own the left side of the Bell Curve.

29 posted on 01/26/2012 12:38:14 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Dr. Thorne

"Say what?"

30 posted on 01/26/2012 12:38:43 PM PST by whd23 (Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

So racists and bigots gravitate towards the party that fred the sdlaves, lef the civil right movement and championed women’s suffrage? They must really...really....really have low IQs lol.


31 posted on 01/26/2012 12:39:33 PM PST by BloodAngel
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To: Dr. Thorne
If anyone's willing to pop the 35 bucks to get the full paper, I'll volunteer to expose exactly what's wrong with it:

http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/04/0956797611421206.full.pdf+html

32 posted on 01/26/2012 12:44:02 PM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Communists talking to Progressives. Or maybe vice versa, I dunno, I’m low intelligence.


33 posted on 01/26/2012 12:47:59 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Last time I was tested I scored a 135.

I wish I was that smart. Mine is only 133 :-)

OTOH, to what extent are the study results because many high-IQ types tend to "see the equivalence in all points of view", etc.

All behavior is equal, all cultures are equal, there aren't really any virtues, etc...and it's all true because they're so smart!!!!!!
34 posted on 01/26/2012 1:02:30 PM PST by BikerJoe
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To: Dr. Thorne

And liberalism isn’t a simple ideology? Bull hockey!!!

It’s extremely simple. The complexities come because lies beget more lies. Because rationales and justifications have to be developed to justify doing the wrong thing. Because the failures of their policies have to be explained.

I don’t know. Let’s assume that the libs ARE smarter, on average than conservatives. They are also much more naive and FOOLISH.

Their leaders ARE evil. Those that think liberal policies will make their lives better ARE stupid. But the vast majority of those that believe liberal bushwah, and the vast majority of those that vote Democratic, are FOOLS, and there is no other word that can describe them.

FOOLS.


35 posted on 01/26/2012 1:07:03 PM PST by chesley (Eat what you want, and die like a man. Never trust anyone who hasn't been punched in the face)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

If your population consists solely of the more elite of the liberals, and the less elite of the conservatives, you MIGHT get results like this.

There would be considerable overlap, though.


36 posted on 01/26/2012 1:10:03 PM PST by chesley (Eat what you want, and die like a man. Never trust anyone who hasn't been punched in the face)
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37 posted on 01/26/2012 1:17:18 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: Dr. Thorne
See? They always knew they were smarter than us. Now, they've concocted a research study to "prove" it. I am amazed!

(As if social conservatism and racism have anything to do with each other. The most disgustingly racist people I have ever met were all social libertines.)
38 posted on 01/26/2012 1:19:24 PM PST by Antoninus (Mitt Romney -- attempting to execute a hostile take-over of the Republican Party.)
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Maybe this young man should say this to the face of Charles Krauthammer, Thomas Sowell or Dr. Williams....


39 posted on 01/26/2012 1:41:57 PM PST by Maverick68
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To: Dr. Thorne

He sure has a purdy mouth.


40 posted on 01/26/2012 1:44:52 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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