Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

Rockdoc Franz wrote:

Sunshine Girl wrote: You guys on here are getting too mean to each other so I thought I'd try to lighten things up a little bit and I tried to keep it as PG as I could so I don't get scolded or moved to the Ring. Enjoy!

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What a wonderful distraction. Far more pleasant than angry exchanges. I shall rise above.

LOL, I bet!

Yes- things got a little out of hand in this thread...I think everybody said some things to me that they really didn't mean...So


No hard feelings friends?

Vice Lord wrote: Yes- things got a little out of hand in this thread...I think everybody said some things to me that they really didn't mean...So


No hard feelings friends?

You haven't had a hard feeling since Lucille Ball died.

Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism

Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions may be a qualified yes.

The study, published in Psychological Science, showed that people who score low on I.Q. tests in childhood are more likely to develop prejudiced beliefs and socially conservative politics in adulthood.

I.Q., or intelligence quotient, is a score determined by standardized tests, but whether the tests truly reveal intelligence remains a topic of hot debate among psychologists.

Dr. Gordon Hodson, a professor of psychology at the university and the study's lead author, said the finding represented evidence of a vicious cycle: People of low intelligence gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, which stress resistance to change and, in turn, prejudice, he told LiveScience.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/2 ... 37796.html

Wow... What a surprise.... :VeryScared:

THOSE WERE DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!! Wow! What a surprise. Study your history, LJ.

Sen Robert Byrd, er, Grand Dragon, remember him?

The best theory I heard is if you grow up in a racist society, those who are more intelligent are more likely to throw off the prejudices they grew up with.

Why yes, I do... I remember him being a DixieCrat, and a KKK Grand Dragon...before he profusely apologized for it and admitted the error of his earlier days, and refuted his behavior.

What else you got?

That description applies to more "bubbas", "Gomers" and Southern Republicans these days than the so-called Democrats of 60 years ago...

Libs are obviously not more intelligent than today's conservatives....since they still have this idea that you can tax and spend yourself to prosperity, and you can spend more than you take in.

Byrd also said, in 2005, "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times ... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened."[9]

Yeah...What else you got...?

RenegadeCJ wrote: Libs are obviously not more intelligent than today's conservatives....since they still have this idea that you can tax and spend yourself to prosperity, and you can spend more than you take in.

Yeah, and cons still have this silly idea that making the 1% richer will somehow "trickle down"... rofllol