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Research shows conservatives are nicer
The Daily Mail (Great Britain) ^
| 6/15/08
| Peter Schweizer
Posted on 06/14/2008 6:29:08 PM PDT by avoiceinwilderness
Don't listen to the liberals - Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows
George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity. 'One sometimes gets the impression,' he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, 'that the mere words socialism and communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, nature-cure quack, pacifist and feminist in England'.
Orwell was making an observation. But today a whole body of academic research shows he was correct: your politics influence the manner in which you live your life. And the news is not so good for those on the political Left.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatives; dems; dontexcerpt; liberalism; needlesslyedited; needlesslyexcerpted; postitall; psychology; values
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To: avoiceinwilderness
Is it that the politics influence the life or the life influences the politics? I believe there is correlation, but I think the causation is from life to politics.
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:33:37 PM PDT
by
MichiganConservative
(Fools get what they deserve in the end. You are responsible for the government that enslaves you.)
To: avoiceinwilderness
I’m a right wing fruit-juice drinker, sandal-wearer and sex-maniac.
Where did I go wrong?
Anyway, it’s not the fruit-juice drinkers who are weirdos, it the vegetable juice drinkers.
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:33:46 PM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
To: avoiceinwilderness
your politics influence the manner in which you live your life. I would reverse this. First come your wants in how you want to live your life, then you go find a political philosophy that will justify and nurture it.
To: avoiceinwilderness
George Orwell was always prescient. I have a happy outlook on life and I don't have much to complain about. If it was up to me, I'd always leave things the way they were - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's my philosophy of life.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:35:41 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Sherman Logan
Anyway, its not the fruit-juice drinkers who are weirdos, it the vegetable juice drinkers. Swallow that insult, you fruit-drinking weirdo!
Signed, V-8
To: avoiceinwilderness
You don't need to explain that to Doug Urbanski, the former business manager for Left-wing firebrand and documentary-maker Michael Moore. 'He [Moore] is more money-obsessed than anyone I have known - and that's saying a lot,' claims Urbanski.No, really. The left always wants money for themselves, but want to deny it to you. Just like with other things. For instance, they want to live, but want you to kill yourself for the earth.
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:43:06 PM PDT
by
MichiganConservative
(Fools get what they deserve in the end. You are responsible for the government that enslaves you.)
To: avoiceinwilderness
Many on the Left apparently believe that espousing liberal ideals is a 'get out of jail free' card that inoculates them from the evils of the money culture. Look at Obama's tax returns.
Do as I say, not as I do.
For someone who is "supposed" to be so much for the poor, his tax returns don't show much charitable giving.
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posted on
06/14/2008 6:49:24 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
To: goldstategop
Weaver's “Ideas have consequences”, has always been a personal favorite of mine. It goes hand in hand with “As a man thinks, so is he”.
To: MichiganConservative
Another Orwellian thought: “Some are more equal than others”. (I'm not sure that's exact, but the sentiment is correct.) Monied leftists see themselves as the elite, the pigs if you will, in their anticipated socialist society.
To: avoiceinwilderness
Amazing. Decades ago, Orwell had their number already. It all came to fruition.
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:30:18 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Vote Juan McAmnesty in 2008! Because freedom abroad is more important than freedom at home!)
To: Vince Ferrer
I think you’re right on this. Your values determine which political philosophy you’re drawn to.
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:36:24 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(RUSH: McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton longer than we've been in Iraq, and never gave up.)
To: mountn man
Remember algore’s charitable giving? Like $300 one year.
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:37:25 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(RUSH: McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton longer than we've been in Iraq, and never gave up.)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
The notion of leftists outsourcing their obligations appears yet again.
The full-scale embrace of the importance of self-awareness, self-discovery and being 'true' to oneself, along with the idea that the State should care for the less fortunate, has created a swathe of Left-wing people who want to outsource their obligations to others.
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:37:40 PM PDT
by
Milhous
(Gn 22:17 your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies)
To: avoiceinwilderness
hummm lets see... this report says We are Nicer, the one last week said We are More HONEST, and the one a couple weeks ago said We are Happier with our lives and outlook on live with less stress/anger/resentment than the RATS.
anybody see a pattern here???
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:40:04 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/SHOGGOTH '08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
To: fightinJAG
Hmmm, so if I raise my donation by another $51 I could surpass him. But then again, it goes with my bicycling 150 miles...I wonder if Al does that.
To: fightinJAG
While Dick Cheney gave Eight Million Dollars to charity.
(And Bill Clinton gave his “used” undies)...
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:45:23 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Guns don't kill people, gun free zones kill people)
To: mountn man
To be fair, my tax returns don’t show much charitable giving, either. Or even any.
That’s because I don’t see what business it is of the government’s, not because I don’t give.
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:51:13 PM PDT
by
irv
To: Vince Ferrer
First come your wants in how you want to live your life, then you go find a political philosophy that will justify and nurture it. Or you find a political group that is willing to demagogue and pettifog to your proclivities while it advances it's true agenda that is not in your best interests.
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:52:24 PM PDT
by
fella
("...He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19)
To: 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; ...
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posted on
06/14/2008 7:55:35 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
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