A 2016 study by Cornell University said people who were more afraid of germs were more likely to vote Republican. Id say the current COVID-19 situation proves the exact opposite.
Again, polls are bullchit.
For my money, the Wuhan Virus pandemic is a statistical outlier—Libtards are easier to stampede. It’s not so much an aversion to germs (look at how much they love Adam Schiff), it’s that their Overlords have them hoodwinked again.
My take is that maybe conservatives are more sensitive to disgusting things than liberals, and we well should be as homosexual lifestyles are truly disgusting and should be discouraged.
If liberals are more afraid of COVID it is not because germs disgust them more than conservatives. It is because COVID can be deadly, and liberals are more afraid of death than conservatives. To liberals, this is their one and only finite life and they don't want it to end soon. They're also not certain what awaits them afterward, or are certain that there is nothing and looking into a complete void is a rather scary thing.
I don’t know any Republicans who fit this profile....
We eat germs for breakfast...
I think the more likely reason is liberals are allergic to work and so like being shut down.
There is a high overlap between liberals and gold brick.
For the claim to have any meaning, they would have to compare people the same age, and maybe people in the same general state of health.
I didn't read the article, so I don't know if they did that.
Germophobia is only a minor factor in this panicdemic.
Its mainly about group-think, virtue signalling, and fake news. All of which rat voters wallow in...
In a fake apocalypse, rational people take what are called 'reasonable precautions'
The approach is the same, and because irrational people under-react in the former and over-react in the latter, if you call 'precaution' 'fear', then you would think you were measuring a dichotomy, but you are measuring the same thing ... rational and practical precaution.
What you are proving in both case is that one group is more rational in both situations and takes the appropriate care for the situation.
By “people afraid of germs” did they mean people who actually wash their hands after they poop?
That is one of the stupidest things I have ever read on FR.
I guess it is just part of another Leftist Big Lie.
Jordan Peterson ~ INSANE Correlation Between Prevalent of Infectious Diseases & Authoritarian Belief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO6VfFqvRkM
It depends on which germs. The globalist left has no fear of AIDS - they actually include many “bug chasers” who are excited by that risk. Normal, decent Americans are disgusted and a little afraid of AIDS. However, with Coronavirus, we reverse our positions. Since you get it without sex, the left is afraid. Since it’s such a low risk to healthy people, ethical people are far less scared.