The smart set: Are “Liberals” really smarter than “Conservatives”? (FReepers/Palin dissed)

Small Government Times ^ | July 25, 2010 | Joseph Cotto

[mylife]

Buckley VS The Poofter Gore Vidal

[mylife]

I am constantly 3 days ahead of the news cycle because of FR.

Sometimes weeks ahead of the buzz.

[The Duke]

It is not their IQ that sets liberals apart from conservatives. Rather, it is their reduced capacity for rational thought.

[Habibi]

“I never reveal my IQ score.”

You have learned well, Grasshopper. Forgive me for misunderstanding you.

[csense]

If you read between the lines, you'll find that this is nothing more than a hit piece on those who hold a firm belief in God, and who understand from where their rights are derived. If that is not your starting premise, then SAT scores are pretty much meaningless when it comes to defending against tyranny, let alone understand what tyranny is.

They may revel in their perceived intellectual superiority now, but will no doubt be cursed for their supreme ignorance by their grandchildren.

[ReneeLynn]

It’s not who is smarter, it’s who is right. I’ll take a barefoot, hillbilly who carries a shotgun and a Bible, and loves the USA over a carrot juice drinking, elitist snob who thinks he’s the smartest person in any room and hates this country, for all her ‘evils’, any day.

[RoadTest]

I like your tagline, too.

[reasonisfaith]

Liberals are stupider in the most significant categories of intellect.

For example, liberals score in the mentally retarded range when it comes to understanding the fact that tax cuts bring greater government revenues.

And when it comes to an ability to figure out the fact that a Utopia cannot be achieved through social, anthropological, scientific, political or any other means.

This intellectual failure threatens to result in the greatest damage to our society and our liberty that we have seen since long before the invention of IQ tests.

[grey_whiskers]

History teaches us that liberals learn nothing from history.

Cheers!

[BuffaloJack]

30+ years ago, some friends invited me to join MENSA. I went once as a guest and never returned. I’d never met a more stuck up group of self-absorbed pseudo-intellectual snobs in my life. I’m not a member of MENSA, but I hold 4 advanced engineering degrees and well over a hundred patents. I am proudly a conservative.
2ndDivisionVet, from one vet to another, you made the right choice.

[PA Engineer]

30+ years ago, some friends invited me to join MENSA. I went once as a guest and never returned. I’d never met a more stuck up group of self-absorbed pseudo-intellectual snobs in my life.

Same here. I like to add emotionally unstable to your description.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I knew an older vet (WWII submarine radioman) who belonged and later found out he was a Truther. Sad.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The problem is, "liberals" generally think they are smarter than others and that their opinions mean more, people should listen to them, and do things that they want done and in the ways they want them done. Thus is born elitism, and the road to fascism.

The ancient Greeks had "liberals," too - they called themselves "sophists" - "soph" being the Greek word for wise - and made much of their own wisdom. This is indistinguishable from a journolist boasting of his own objectivity, and has the same result - it makes the debate about the person rather than about facts and logic. Thus, the opposition to sophists adopted the name "philosopher" for themselves because they claimed only to love wisdom but not to have attained it. IOW, they insisted that everyone should be open to any argument based on facts and logic rather than on personality.

We have pretty much the same problem as the philosophers of ancient Greece had. Our opponents resort to all maner of trick to win their point irrespective of the facts.

[ThunderSleeps]

Thanks for that info. This is why I read FR, you never know what interesting tidbits you’re going to learn!

[Theophilus]

Romans 1
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 2
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

[Smokin' Joe]

Why is it that liberals always remind me of someone high on Cocaine? They think they are smart, if you ask them, they will revell in their superhuman intelligence, but if you observe them, they drink out of the finger bowls and use the wrong fork for the salad course...all the while lecturing one on etiquette.

[longtermmemmory]

the goal is to label fr as “fringe” so now when it is googled, “fringe” associates with FR.

[Liberty Ship]

“It is not their IQ that sets liberals apart from conservatives. Rather, it is their reduced capacity for rational thought.”

This is an excellent point. Liberals aren’t all stupid, but they are compelled to arrive at stupid conclusions.