In a recent issue of Psychology Today, an article entitled “the Ideological Animal” presents research that… well… that is the worst academic tripe imaginable. The article references the Blocks of U.C. Berkeley ( where else?) studying the phenomenon of how conservatives and liberals develope, basically ask the question: are they ‘born that way?’ Liberals are descibed in glowing terms and conservatives as… hum … I think you can take it from here.
One can only speculate how this sort of stuff could be used….
DOCTOR — ” I am very sorry, there is NO cure…
it’s conservatism at it’s worst…
but fortunately, abortion is an option.”
However, one of the researchers in reviewing the field of Social Psychology was quoted in the same Psychology Today article:
“There is a bias among social scientists,” admits Glaser.
“They look for the variables that are unflattering. There
probably are other nice personality traits associated
with conservatism…”
At the Pew Research center, Republicans are ‘happier’ than democrats. This really shouldn’t be all that surprising really… conservatives by their lifestyle tend to have more stable marriages, they are happier and their children tend to fair better in the world. And the best time to get married — if you find the right person — is earlier than you think.
Personally, I am saddened when I see the sort of research come out by the left… not because I dislike the results, per se… but because it smacks of the same sort of nonsense that the Nazi’s produced. When research is set out dishonestly… the results and intentions are always suspect.
Roger Freberg