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How to spot a baby conservative
TheStar.com ^ | March 19, 2006 | Kurt Kleiner

Posted on 03/22/2006 1:09:44 PM PST by 1-Eagle

Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative.

At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids from the Berkeley area that social scientists have been tracking for the last 20 years. The confident, resilient, self-reliant kids mostly grew up to be liberals.

The study from the Journal of Research Into Personality isn't going to make the UC Berkeley professor who published it any friends on the right. Similar conclusions a few years ago from another academic saw him excoriated on right-wing blogs, and even led to a Congressional investigation into his research funding.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...


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Interesting... how self reliant kids grow up to be reliant upon the government, living on the public dole, dependent upon the government for food, health care, and education. Yep, those self reliant liberals are very sturdy stock, aren't they?

This is another instance of reverse psychology in use by the DNC. It helps, to get communists in Canada to write this stuff, because imported propaganda just has a new and improved flavor over the standard (AP) or other leftstream variety of propaganda.

1 posted on 03/22/2006 1:09:50 PM PST by 1-Eagle
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To: 1-Eagle
How to spot an article previously posted many times...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=baby%20conservative
2 posted on 03/22/2006 1:11:30 PM PST by Borges
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To: 1-Eagle

Baby conservative - One who actually made it out of the womb alive...............no thanks to NARALLIRY.............


3 posted on 03/22/2006 1:11:52 PM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: 1-Eagle

Dear Eagle

I think you should stand by for a Freeper spanking.

This has only been posted 100 time today!

:-)


4 posted on 03/22/2006 1:12:19 PM PST by Al Gator (Remember always to pillage BEFORE you burn!)
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To: 1-Eagle

Actually, there are plenty of self reliant liberals out there who can take care of themselves but need to feel morally superior by either telling everyone how to do things or holding a belief that other people just can't take care of themselves and need to be helped.


5 posted on 03/22/2006 1:12:30 PM PST by misterrob (Islam is a hate crime)
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To: 1-Eagle

The DUmmies have had this up on their site since Monday.
This article made me laugh, since all the libs I knew in school were the hall monitor, rat you out to the teacher, getting their lunch money stolen types.


6 posted on 03/22/2006 1:13:24 PM PST by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: 1-Eagle

Fifth posting today. Search is good.


7 posted on 03/22/2006 1:13:30 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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OOhh, it seems like about 10!

Search is our friend.


8 posted on 03/22/2006 1:14:26 PM PST by Al Gator (Remember always to pillage BEFORE you burn!)
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To: 1-Eagle

Right.

The kids who always crapped their pants in MY kindergarten all grew up to be liberals. :)


9 posted on 03/22/2006 1:15:11 PM PST by cvq3842
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Man I'm glad it was you that posted this not me......

GE
10 posted on 03/22/2006 1:15:17 PM PST by GrandEagle
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It probably was 10, but there are only five that show up in a search for "baby conservative."

I know I've been seeing the story over and over again. It's an interesting story, but I read it the first time it was posted.


11 posted on 03/22/2006 1:15:49 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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Only 5?

People must be getting slow or doing more searches.

12 posted on 03/22/2006 1:15:57 PM PST by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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"Interesting... how self reliant kids grow up to be reliant upon the government, living on the public dole, dependent upon the government for food, health care, and education. Yep, those self reliant liberals are very sturdy stock, aren't they?"

I do not believe these same "self reliant kids" have a majority representation in the US Military. Its up to the "whiney, insecure" kids to grow up to be real manly men to defend the country.


13 posted on 03/22/2006 1:16:46 PM PST by Cruz
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To: softwarecreator

The path to the woodshed is getting well worn.


14 posted on 03/22/2006 1:17:13 PM PST by Al Gator (Remember always to pillage BEFORE you burn!)
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To: Red Badger
"NARALLIRY"

??? Thanks a lot, now you can come over and help untie my tongue....

16 posted on 03/22/2006 1:24:52 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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It may have been posted numerous times but this is the first time I have seen it as I don't get a chance to sit at a computer 24/7 !!!!!


17 posted on 03/22/2006 1:26:12 PM PST by finallyatexan
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liberals are resilient when they're kids? Then why do they act like babies when they're adults?


18 posted on 03/22/2006 1:27:40 PM PST by NavySon (Ted Kennedy, the only man whose BAC is greater than his IQ)
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To: Abathar

NARAL + HILLARY = NARALLIRY........


19 posted on 03/22/2006 1:27:54 PM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids from the Berkeley area that social scientists have been tracking for the last 20 years.

I would be interested to see the correlation to the same subjective traits on the parents part.

I would postulate that whiny tattletale liberal parents beget whiny tattletale kids who grow up to learn to be conservative when this behavior fails them.

20 posted on 03/22/2006 1:31:30 PM PST by Mike Darancette (In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
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