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SCOOP: WHO ARE THE WHINY KIDS?
michellemalkin.com ^ | March 23, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 03/23/2006 1:51:23 PM PST by the anti-liberal

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To: the anti-liberal; triver; Braak; eazdzit; Stellar Dendrite; George - the Other; PROSOUTH; ...

Malkin ping!

Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Michelle Malkin ping list...

21 posted on 03/23/2006 2:18:27 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: Kaylee Frye
"I hadn't met my husband and gotten knocked upside the head."

Grace touched your life!

If only Grace would reach out and touch these liberals, healing them of their (mental) illness...

OTOH, perhaps Grace has tried, but they've been too narcissistic to notice.

22 posted on 03/23/2006 2:18:58 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: the anti-liberal

My blog entry on the subject:

The study is total crap, of course, because it's full of subjective analysis under the guise of scientific impartiality. What is "visibly deviant," anyway? And the idea of labeling toddlers as "deviant" is in any case a little bit appalling.

But let's take the study on its own merits. Look at the child behaviors the study views as "bright" and "non-conforming," and, more to the point, correlative with future liberalism:


Behaves in a dominating manner (Note that this is the second-highest correlative with liberalism, after "talkative")
Is aggressive physically or verbally
Attempts to transfer blame to others (This is a positive trait?)
Tends to be judgemental of others
Can admit to own negative feelings (We all know this one: The child whose favorite phrase is "I hate you!")
Tends to exaggerate, dramatize mishaps


I don't know about you, but I find it difficult to spin these personality traits as desirable. These are the behaviors, to put it plainly, of bullies.

On the other hand, the traits that the study correlates with future conservatism are quite different:


Appears to feel unworthy
Has a readiness to feel guilty
Anxious in unpredictable environment
Tends to brood and ruminate or worry
Is shy and reserved
Is fearful and anxious


These are the behaviors of, to say the least, children who can be described as sensitive and thoughtful. Note that the Star story that introduced the study to the world summarizes the future conservatives as "whiny." Since when does "shy and reserved" equal whiny? "Tends to exaggerate, dramatize mishaps"--a prime liberal correlate--sounds a lot more whiny to me.

But the biggest problem I have with the study is that it politicizes four year olds, which feels like child abuse. I can't help thinking that people are going to take this study seriously, and are going to punish or ridicule children for being "little Republicans" if they're at all quiet and sensitive. And that infuriates me.


23 posted on 03/23/2006 2:19:21 PM PST by denydenydeny ("Osama... made the mistake of confusing media conventional wisdom with reality" (Mark Steyn))
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To: the anti-liberal
Yo!! Drudge!!

Need a follow up dude!

24 posted on 03/23/2006 2:21:07 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: the anti-liberal
Thanks! I call him Chris, but you can call him Grace if you like! ;)

Seriously, though, I am always praying for my parents and family. They are the reason I was almost a liberal - my whole family is. It's like a disease - it even infected my once normal Sister-In-Law. I stay quarantined on the other side of the country. ;)

25 posted on 03/23/2006 2:22:43 PM PST by Kaylee Frye
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To: Kaylee Frye

I was a Psych major so I'm well acquainted with the IHD. I was a conservative then, still am, and just focused on my studies and ignored the proffers of Kool-aid from the Left.

This study is interesting in that apparently all the subjects, even the WHINEY kids, were the children of LIBERALS, weren't they? See? They were smart enough to be annoyed by dumba$$ moonbats even then!


26 posted on 03/23/2006 2:27:49 PM PST by Right Cal Gal (Conservatives know the names of Tookie's VICTIMS!!)
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To: denydenydeny
"And the idea of labeling toddlers as "deviant" is in any case a little bit appalling. "

Given what's happening in our public schools today it won't be long before there's a recognized division among toddlers in that sense.

Of course, what we consider 'deviant' is what liberal socialists what to be considered normal...

27 posted on 03/23/2006 2:29:34 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: the anti-liberal

Possibly offspring of some of them, but until the DNA tests come in, I'm suspecting Bill.


28 posted on 03/23/2006 2:30:02 PM PST by mathurine (ua)
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To: Kaylee Frye
"It's like a disease - it even infected my once normal Sister-In-Law. I stay quarantined on the other side of the country."

Recent events, such as the release of the 'Iraq papers', may make a kind of truth pill which may or may not help cure them of their disease... at least you escaped!

29 posted on 03/23/2006 2:31:48 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: the anti-liberal

or, another possible conclusion could be that people's political proclivities are set at a very early age, and these children were born conservatives stuck in a liberal environment, and so whined about it, as children do.


30 posted on 03/23/2006 2:32:10 PM PST by munchtipq
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To: the anti-liberal
What is so significant about this? Well, the Harold E. Jones Child Study Center is only open to children of U.C. Berkeley faculty and staff:

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31 posted on 03/23/2006 2:36:43 PM PST by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: the anti-liberal
ROFL!!!!

The Lefties nailed again......

Keyword .....Whiny Kids

32 posted on 03/23/2006 2:37:52 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Publius6961

Yep, I think you've summed it up rather nicely.


33 posted on 03/23/2006 2:38:36 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: Gunflint; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Marine_Uncle; Brad's Gramma; Mo1
I'm now suspicious of Malkin using steroids, because she just blasted this study out of the stadium.

ROFL!!!!

I love it!!!!

34 posted on 03/23/2006 2:41:22 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: the anti-liberal

Honestly, with my family, the best I can do is pray! I do thank God every day that I escaped and came to my senses! :)


35 posted on 03/23/2006 2:45:05 PM PST by Kaylee Frye
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To: the anti-liberal
The following claim, which I heard long ago, seems to be true:

"The conclusion of almost all sociological studies are either (a) self-evident or (b) false."

36 posted on 03/23/2006 2:47:35 PM PST by Erasmus (Eat beef. Someone has to control the cow population!)
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To: Kaylee Frye

You had to go to Seattle to escape....?


37 posted on 03/23/2006 2:48:08 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Mike Darancette
As I said yesterday, look to the parents. Whiny liberals have whiny little kids which grow up to be conservative when they find out whiny does not work.

And maybe they're whiny because even at a tender age they realize their parents are politically full of $h1t.

38 posted on 03/23/2006 2:49:35 PM PST by Erasmus (Eat beef. Someone has to control the cow population!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

...of course no one notices the irony of conservatives whining about a study that suggests they're whiners.


39 posted on 03/23/2006 2:50:42 PM PST by planetpatrol
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To: munchtipq
Thanks for beating me with that idea.

At least you stated it more diplomatically.

< ]B^)

40 posted on 03/23/2006 2:51:59 PM PST by Erasmus (Eat beef. Someone has to control the cow population!)
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