Psychological ‘signature’ for the extremist mind uncovered (barf alert)

University of Cambridge ^ | Fred Lewsey

[Lowell1775]

“...the left that has exterminated their own citizens by the millions in the last century.....”

The larger orcs in their hordes (Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Alinsky,etc.) think that is a good thing. Clear out the old so the new may bloom in the ashes.

Even their “brain bugs” see it as dogma to liquidate the old intelligentsia, land owners, business class small and large...so the “new communist man” may be bred. “From each according to ability, to each according to need.”

When that man exists in totality willingly and without coercion, the dictatorship of the proletarian state withers away and a true communist utopia arrives.

We see 1984. They see a civilization like the earth in Star Trek.

Hive minds. Herd animals.

[Gay State Conservative]

So if I want a wall...if I want all wetbacks expelled...if I believe there are only two sexes...if I want cheap gas prices made possible by lots of drilling...if I believe that socialism has failed every time it’s been tried...if I believe that mankind isn’t nearly powerful enough to effect the world’s climate...that means that there’s something wrong with my brain?

[Billthedrill]

It's not very subtle, is it? One minute the article pretends to be even-handed:

extreme social, political and religious attitudes and supporting violence in the name of ideology

...and the next minute who are we talking about?

the psychological signatures that underpin fierce political conservatism

Back to that illusion of objectivity:

“Many people will know those in their communities who have become radicalised or adopted increasingly extreme political views, whether on the left or right,” said Dr Leor Zmigrod

But not for long:

She has previously published findings on links between cognitive “inflexibility” and religious extremism, willingness to self-sacrifice for a cause, and a vote for Brexit.

The article is seriously conflating suicide bombers with Brexiteers? I don't blame the researcher for that, although I don't absolve her either; I do blame the article's author and editors for bias.

[USAF1985]

Awesome! So I guess the “progressive mind is 180 degrees? I would stack my brain against theirs any day of the week...if they had any.

[MtnClimber]

Thanks for the comments! I had to read it twice to convince myself that I was not misunderstanding what was written. I guess I am the “slow to understand, but precise” type of person. I don’t think I am a stupid or a slow person. I remember back in my university days wondering what all the fuss was with Maxwell’s equations, it was so obvious at the time. But, now I don’t have the mental agility to see how 2+2 can equal 5.

[TimSkalaBim]

An unmentioned problem with this nonsense is that it depends to a certain extent on the positioning of the issues. The hardest left teacher's union goon can be made to sound like a "conservative" just be saying you want to abolish the Dept. of Education, you know, for the children. The goon will defend the status quo and resist "change" like you've never seen a Republican do.

Theories like this have the potential to backfire on the theoretician.