Berkeley study links Reagan, Hitler

WorldNetDaily ^ | July 23, 2003 | WorldNetDaily.com

[steveegg]

They're way beyond pot.

[Old Professer]

If conservatives were as intolerant as most liberals think, including these side-saddle trotters there wouldn't be any liberals; now, that would be closure.

[damncat]

It's no secret the radical gay left controls much of academia. And it's no surprise they would use the American Psychotic Association to fund such studies. I've done much exhaustive research on the APA, and they themselves admit to being taken over by radical gay activists back in the mid seventies. For thirty years they've attempted to paint homosexuals as normal while attacking normally adjusted humans to justify their abnormalities.

Getting yourselves all worked up over what gay radials think is a tremendous waste of time and energy. No amount of rationalizing will ever make them feel normal. So getting pissed off because of their feelings of inadequacies is a total waste of our time and energies. Their views will never become mainstream no matter how much they slander normal people. Homosexuality is abnormal and will always be treated for what it stands for, neurosis.

They don't call them queer for nothing (-:

[x]

Adorno's "Authoritarian Personality" study in 1950 was criticized for failing to distinguish between conservatism, authoritarianism and fascism. And now, a half century later the same mistakes are being made.

If one has to deal with such questions "scientifically," the way to do it is to break down such ideologies into their component parts. Even a child would recognize that political conservatism, authoritarianism and maintenance of habit are three different things. Some of the most authoritarian and habit-keeping people may not be on the "right" politically. Therefore it's logical to look for a vocabulary that reflects such differences.

What they have instead is a rubber yardstick that makes Hitler and Stalin "conservatives". If any established order is "conservative" then one isn't talking about a specific conservative political ideology, but a predisposition that would ordinarily be given a distinctive name to reflect its particular nature.

And one ought to perform the same analysis of other ideologies. If there are many studies on conservatism and few on liberalism or radicalism, isn't the logical move to flesh out that skimpy reasearch? It might indicate faults in the research on conservatism. Doesn't it make more sense to study something new than to keep rehashing the same old thing, particularly if new research on other ideologies is advisable to think clearly about what "conservatism" is?

If there were true ideological "diversity" in psych departments, someone would have asked, "Wait a minute, are we really saying that to avoid being 'conservative' one has to be in permanent rebellion against all established orders, principles and rules? Then are we really all conservatives? Or is anyone really liberal?"

[Arpege92]

Does anyone know if the majority of wealthy Americans are democrats or republicans?

[Intolerant in NJ]

...the study showed, according to Glaser, liberals appear to have a higher tolerance for change than conservatives...
A liberal is someone so open-minded he won't even take his own side in an argument - Robert Frost

Laughter is about the only response "studies" like this deserve......

[Snuffington]

God what dolts! Even if I was on the left (and, for the record, I'm not), I'd be embarrassed by this "study."

It would be like someone on the right doing a "study" to learn about liberalism by comparing Al Franken, Bill Clinton, Mao Tse Tung, and Lenin.

[Susannah]

"Does anyone know if the majority of wealthy Americans are democrats or republicans? "

The voting exit polls suggest that above a certain income level, the majority are republican; however, if you take a look at the same polls stats regarding those who define themselves as "upper class", the majority are democrats. Just take a look at how most of Hollywood is leaning!

You'll also notice in the poll link below, Gore definitely captured the Atheists vote.

National Exit Poll (Voter News Service & MSNBC) -2000
http://www.lsu.edu/sociology/weil-temp/VNS2000National.html

another suggestion: go to http://www.rushlimbaugh.com and you will find info on 2002 campaign donations. Those who gave $1 million donations went democrat by 12 to 1.

[Between the Lines]

"In a study that ponders the similarities between former President Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Rush Limbaugh..."

If you do a study comparing the similarities between A and B, you will find the similarities. If you do a study of comparing the differences between A and B, you will find the differences. If you do a non-biased study comparing A and B, you will find the truth.

If a liberal professor is paid to find the similarities between Reagan and Hitler, he will find the similarities. If he is paid to find the differences between Reagan and Hitler, he will find the similarities. If he is paid to do a non-biased study comparing the two, he will find the similarities.

[HalfFull]

We 'raskally wepublikans' sure are a bunch of meanies...

[.cnI redruM]

Just remind them that Naziism requires lots of big-government. In fact, you'd probably have to repeal the whole Bush tax cut just to afford it. It would require much cognitive complexity just to process all the red tape. After all, the Wehrmacht was certainly a great source of Keynesian stimulus after the battered economy of the Wiemer Republic.

[nyconse]

What a great post, and you are right, First thing Hitler did was to nationalize most industries.

[Hobsonphile]

Things like this make me question whether I should go back to graduate school.

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[Reagan Renaissance]

"..intolerance of ambiguity; uncertainty avoidance; need for cognitive closure.."

Here you have liberalism in a capsule. Non-judgmental is the sum total of their being. Liberals can not tell right from and wrong and have no desire to do so. Intellectual capacity is the ability to absorb and process information to get the benefit of the information absorbed. Does the phrase, "Those who fail to remember the past are doomed to repeat it" mean anything to you? Chaos is the result of liberalism. All progress of man and society clearly rests on the shoulders of conservatives. Liberals are not only intellectually incompetent, they are determined to remain that way.

[sauropod]

I wonder if anybody even talked with a conservative?

[sauropod]

You think you got it bad? I went to Maryland.

[countrydummy]

I so doubt it! lol

[sauropod]

You might also want to check out Tom Segev's "One Palestine Complete" for a review of the creation of the state of Israel.

[Catalonia]

It's no secret the radical gay left controls much of academia. And it's no surprise they would use the American Psychotic Association to fund such studies. I've done much exhaustive research on the APA, and they themselves admit to being taken over by radical gay activists back in the mid seventies. For thirty years they've attempted to paint homosexuals as normal while attacking normally adjusted humans to justify their abnormalities.

I’ve noticed, too, that gay brigadiers seem to be driving much of radical politics these days. I’d be very interested if you could post some information on the APA, as this group needs to be blacklisted. And I think it’s obvious that gay Leftists use their politics as a way of getting even with a society that they feel rejects them. Politics as a form of psycho-therapy, methinks. They are utterly uninterested in doing what’s best for us all, only what’s best for them (and oddly, their worldview, long term, isn't good for them, either).

Getting yourselves all worked up over what gay radials think is a tremendous waste of time and energy. No amount of rationalizing will ever make them feel normal. So getting pissed off because of their feelings of inadequacies is a total waste of our time and energies.

Well, yes and no. Somewhere out there an 18-year-old college student with emotional problems who will latch onto whatever political theory offers the illusion that all his/her ills are caused by others, or perhaps by society. This sort of thing can serve as fuel for the indoctrination machine, as a tool for recruitment. Also, if the APA has a gay agenda, i.e. a political agenda, it needs to be advertised as a biased, unreliable source for those who are otherwise unaware. It is NOT a legitimate organization of scholarly research, as this ‘study’ indicates. If everyone knew the true agenda of this organization, ALL of its publications/studies would be marginalized and considered illegitimate. Or at least, they SHOULD be marginalized and considered illegitimate.

[Catalonia]

Hey. Stop it. You're making sense.