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BadGimp

(4,008 posts)
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 03:33 PM Aug 2016

New Study Reveals The IQ Of Republicans In America

Liberals have always agreed that conservatives suffer from a low IQ, and Donald Trump and his supporters have certainly cemented that belief. However, does science (the thing conservatives don’t believe in) come to that same agreement? Opinion is one thing. Facts are what matter.

Science does, in fact, prove that Republicans suffer from a lower IQ. The “Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes” study found that a person’s intelligence as a child could predict conservative and racist ideas as an adult.

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/12/new-study-reveals-the-iq-of-republicans-in-america-prepare-to-not-be-shocked-study/

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New Study Reveals The IQ Of Republicans In America (Original Post) BadGimp Aug 2016 OP
Shocked, shocked I tell you. auntpurl Aug 2016 #1
I am thinking it has more to do with their choice of news information, FOX delivers Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #2
Definitely brainwashed, PatSeg Aug 2016 #3
Thankyou, Captain Obvious. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #5
The post you criticized is well-presented and informative... Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #7
Thank you PatSeg Aug 2016 #11
So people with weak minds are easily manipulated by falsehoods kimbutgar Aug 2016 #4
That's from the biased "science media"! ;) Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #6
I think all of us have been saying that they're idiots for a long, long time MrScorpio Aug 2016 #8
This is why we should have an IQ test for voting. ileus Aug 2016 #9
MANY Democrats are CONSERVATIVES and this Hortensis Aug 2016 #10

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. I am thinking it has more to do with their choice of news information, FOX delivers
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 04:47 PM
Aug 2016

Garbage, ergo, garbage in, garbage out. They are brainwashed with lies and misinformation prepared by FOX and RW talk shows, of course it benefits the GOP.

PatSeg

(46,559 posts)
3. Definitely brainwashed,
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 05:18 PM
Aug 2016

but it is possible people with a lower IQ could be more susceptible to that kind of brainwashing.

Edit to add this from the article:

“Ideologies get rid of the messiness and impose a simpler solution. So, it may not be surprising that people with less cognitive capacity will be attracted to simplifying ideologies.”


http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/12/new-study-reveals-the-iq-of-republicans-in-america-prepare-to-not-be-shocked-study/

So in a sense, some people would be more vulnerable to Fox news and right-wing radio.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
7. The post you criticized is well-presented and informative...
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 03:31 AM
Aug 2016

However, the remark by lindysalsagal is questionable, to say the least...

kimbutgar

(20,764 posts)
4. So people with weak minds are easily manipulated by falsehoods
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 07:13 PM
Aug 2016

Is there anything we can do to deprogram them or are they goners?

My hubby works with a lot of white wingers and he's given up on talking politics with them. They become unhinged when he asks a pointed question and he has to work with them so he avoids political talk. They have fox on in the break room and go apeshit if the channel is changed even to local news.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,844 posts)
6. That's from the biased "science media"! ;)
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 01:31 AM
Aug 2016

Kidding.

Most scientists aren't conservative, though:
http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/

Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans.


Here's a study from England that indicated liberal students have more gray matter:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds
Peering inside the brain with MRI scans, researchers at University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain that helps people cope with complexity.


It doesn't surprise me. Conservative propaganda has employed crazy fear-mongering techniques for as long as I remember, whether it was fear of Communist invasions or ISIS. Some of them are so screwy that they actually think Obama will impose Sharia law across the country and forcibly seize their guns. They are incredibly fearful and paranoid people.

MrScorpio

(73,610 posts)
8. I think all of us have been saying that they're idiots for a long, long time
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 08:01 AM
Aug 2016

They're so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they actually are.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. MANY Democrats are CONSERVATIVES and this
Sun Aug 14, 2016, 08:07 AM
Aug 2016

discussion is thus out of line. DON'T BASH DEMOCRATS.

You know, if many conservatives are realizing that a move to more decency is in order, surely any self-designated "higher-IQ" liberals here should be arriving at that insight also? And sooner?

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