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Originally Posted by loramin
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The two are connected though. Conservatism (or liberalism for that matter) does not run skin deep. Whether you're a Democrat or Republican is a political choice, but whether you are a conservative or liberal is based on who you are.
This matters, because of what defines conservatives: fear and disgust. Here's a quick sampling of quotes about recent research, but you can find a lot more if you look:
Science! In other words there are core elements of what it means to be conservative/liberal, and they are so woven in to who people are that:
Now to get back to the main point ... do you see why it might not be a coincidence that a group of people who's core defining political attributes are "fear and disgust" might have more close-minded bigots?
P.S. I am not trying to say liberals are better than conservatives, or that all conservatives are bigots. Liberals have their own "psych profile" and flaws too. All I'm saying is that when it comes to close-minded bigotry, that particular flaw has a strong connection to one's conservativeness ... which really shouldn't surprise anyone, because how many Democrat KKK members do you know of?
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News flash, fuckface, KKK was created by Democrats.