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ORIGINAL: Marc2b

I hate these "we're better than those other people" kind of studies. Of course, they never come out and say it that way, but that is what it amounts to. It is an early step down a very dark path.

In my experience both liberals and conservatives are closed minded... thay are just closed minded about different things. I do find liberal closed-mindedness a little more annoying, though, because liberals love to walk around proclaiming how open minded thay are. You expect conservatives to be closed minded about some things because that's the whole point of being a conservative. "This is the way we do things because this is the way we've always done things, damnit!"

As far as the capacity for love goes, no group has a monopoly on that and belief that another group lacks the capacity for love is another step down that dark path.