New study indicates Republicans revised their moral beliefs to be more in alignment with Donald Trump

PsyPost ^ | January 30, 2022 | Eric W. Dolan

[rlmorel]

There was a reason Alinksy saw the Catholic church in particular as a resource to be exploited.

[MrRelevant]

No what “we” did was look at things in perspective, understanding every bad “immoral” thing the hypocrites on the left had to say about Trump , they were in fact guilty of. So once the hypocrites own lack of credibility ruined their numerous narratives about how terrible of a person Trump might be...all thats left are the results. Trump was the best President this country has seen in a long time. Even Democrats have to face facts and admit things were good under Trump. Facts dont lie.

What psychological pretzels did the left have to twist themselves into to reconcile voting for this dementia ridden corpse of POTUS who is failing this nation at every turn?

[Steve_Seattle]

Since I didn't see the authors of the article cite any specifics, my guess is that they are referring to Trump's three marriages and rumored history of womanizing, or perhaps to his often acerbic vocal style.

But the barrier to a divorced president fell decades ago, and tolerating/forgiving someone's checkered past is not the same as condoning that behavior in the present or the future. It is a recognition that the importance of a president largely resides in his policies, and not to his past behavior (within limits, of course).

As for Trump's verbal excesses, most of his supporters tolerate them because they believe his policies outweigh them, especially considering the alternatives. Moreover, it's not as if the left doesn't engage in the same or worse.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

The problem is voting for the best person at the time you are voting THIS action is precisely WHY we have Graham, McConnell, McCain ect. in office for DECADES with no hope of EVER getting rid of them they are NEVER, EVER worth our vote or support of any kind!! If we lose their seat SO BE IT, we have to focus on gaining a seat in a different state to make up for the lost seat WE ALL play this game so poorly and until we change our way of thinking we will ALWAYS have these feckless losers on our side of the isle, they are in NO WAY the lesser of two evil, THEY ARE the same damn evil!!! THEY LET a fraudulent election stand, THEY HELPED a fraudulent election stand!!

[Track9]

Meaning some of them hopefully got a spine and worried less about their social media accounts.

[G Larry]

Call me when they stop supporting the “cheap labor express” that is illegal immigration.

[Fido969]

Lefties went from thinking boys should stay out of ghirls’ bathrooms to demanding that they should be able to in about 12 months.

[MarvinStinson]

Another article from this same lefty rag:

Trump supporters exhibit greater cognitive rigidity and less interpersonal warmth than supporters of liberal candidates, study finds

https://www.psypost.org/2022/01/trump-supporters-exhibit-greater-cognitive-rigidity-and-less-interpersonal-warmth-than-supporters-of-liberal-candidates-study-finds-62400

[Savage Rider]

I am not a fan of refusing to vote, or voting for the opponent so the Republican is eliminated and that sends a message. I don’t care what percentage a Republican supports Saving America, it is more than any Dim will when they vote in lockstep with Nanzi. I will vote for an Independent who I deem has enough support to win. Basically, that is Trump.

[webheart]

I wonder about people who align their beliefs with Joe Hunter and James Biden. When these people go out and spout their bullcrap there is no one there to ask them about the other examples of what they are talking about. Maybe they should comment on the Democrats who aligned their beliefs with Barack Obama.

[ConservativeMind]

I don’t actually know what “moral” changes I made to vote for Trump.

There are qualities I prefer, such as “strong Christian” and “not divorced,” but I thought Reagan was as good as we could hope to get, and he was divorced.

I find it interesting they survey article never seems to give examples of anything to support its assertions.

[DoughtyOne]

I didn’t have to change one thing.

Trump was in line with my beliefs.

They always try to frame things as if there is something
wrong if you follow Trump.

I refused to change for the Bushes. I didn’t need to for
Trump.

They make it sound like Trump was bad, and Republicans
changed to follow him. Nonsense!

[Sans-Culotte]

LOL, tell that to “Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden”.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Trump supporters exhibit greater cognitive rigidity . . . "

Doesn't that contradict the other study, which claims that Trump supporters modify their moral views to align with Trump's? These studies sound like the January 6th Committee: they have a predetermined conclusion, and only admit evidence that they think supports it.

And what exactly is "cognitive rigidity"? Resistance to propaganda? Strong moral beliefs? Hostility to new ideas? If so, new ideas about what?

[Robert357]

I think that the premise is absolutely wrong to this study.

It is a case of mistaking cause and effect.

I believe that the “supporters of President Trump” were exposed to all kinds of public and personal attacks during the campaign. We have all heard the stories of yard signs vandalized, people in MAGA hats singled out for verbal or physical attack.

My experience is that if you are called by name a racist, homophobe, sexist, Nazi, etc. long enough, you start to not care what people call you. I don't see Trump supports changing their moral standards as much as becoming numb to the insults hurled at them and in turn start to react differently.

It is often said that if you tell a child they are wonderful and smart they will strive to achieve that. In Education it is called the Hawthorne effect. Similarly, if you call a woman beautiful, it will help her believe she really is beautiful.

Well if you call a person of the opposite political party enough evil names, they will stop trying to pretend to be woke and just live their beliefs.

[higgmeister]

The very definition of confirmation bias.

“A lot of work in political science research shows how voters are often ‘followers,’ adjusting their views on issues to match the messages they get from their party’s leaders. We wanted to see if that pattern extended to moral beliefs as well, as morality is usually assumed to be more stable and thus exerting a causal influence on political preferences such as candidate choice,” explained study authors William Kidd and Joseph A. Vitriol.

Educated idiots are a dime a dozen.

[cranked]

Oh look, another bogus ass politically driven POS study......

[Steve_Seattle]

"I don’t actually know what “moral” changes I made to vote for Trump. There are qualities I prefer, such as “strong Christian” and “not divorced,” but I thought Reagan was as good as we could hope to get, and he was divorced."

You are correct that the article provides no examples of the changes it is claiming, but I think you are probably right in thinking it probably has something to do with Trump's marital history. As you say, Trump does not have all of the qualities we might have preferred, but did Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden have impeccable personal qualities? Of course not. Voting for a flawed person - is there any other kind? - does not mean we support those flaws, but support the policies of the candidate.

[Nifster]

Didn’t change my principles at all
Never heard of this center

[LouAvul]

Not this Republican. Trump seemed to be soft on fags. This Republican remembers Genesis 19, Leviticus 20 and Romans 1.