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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Monday, March 2, 2026 18:11
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BYTEMITE

Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:42 PM

I think I'll respond to this the same way I responded to the email my family was sending around.

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Well, you have to be careful about studies like these, they're rarely without bias of their own.

I actually don't look at political ideology in terms of left or right, but more of a grid pattern. The dynamic between left and right wing has changed over the last couple centuries, but in general, left wing is representative government, and right wing is the existing power in competition with representative government. Originally right wing was the interests of the monarchy and church, and left wing wanted more of a republic. Nowadays, right wing is the corporations and the church, and left wing is civil rights and welfare through the government. Neither one is necessarily all good or all bad.

It is possible to divide left and right from the concept of authoritarian versus anti-authoritarian. The article here is specifically talking about authoritarian right wing ideology. However, the question it's asking, about whether low intelligence leads to prejudice or vice versa, is probably the wrong question to ask. Prejudice seems to exist somewhat independently of intelligence, or lack thereof, it seems to be pre-existing before a right-wing authoritarian movement can attempt to benefit from it. However, I'll agree that the two are a very serious problem when both are in evidence.

WHOZIT

Saturday, January 28, 2012 7:21 PM

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Alot of the 99% crowd doesn't like Jews, but that's OK with you? Check Youtube if ya think I'm kidding, I'd do it but I'm going to make you work for it.

Ssshhhh! Don't call them 'Jews'. They're EVIL bankers ! Geeze... didn't you get the memo ?

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

Nope, must have missed it while I was doing the whole dumb prejudice thing. I'll check my inbox more often. Excuse me but now I'm going to fry up a kitten, I'm hungry.

AURAPTOR

Saturday, January 28, 2012 7:32 PM

" It's not that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't true "

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

FREMDFIRMA

Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:12 PM

PIRATENEWS

Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:32 PM

USSA only has 1 bifurcated political party. Demorats are the communist Party of Amerika as the Left head of the Beast 666, the Republicons are the Nazi National Socialist Workers Party of Amerika.

The Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party are the only centrist parties that promote FREEDOM in America. Dr Ron Paul was the presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party in 1988.