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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer

Deliberately citing the UK's Daily Mail which itself is famously right wing, not to mention something less than highbrow:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095549/Right-wingers-intelligent-left-wingers-says-controversial-study--conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html


"Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study

Children with low intelligence grow up to be prejudiced

Right-wing views make the less intelligent feel 'safe'

Analysis of more than 15,000 people"
 
Surely this cannot be true?

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Right wingers are thicker than lefties

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I cannot personally validate the legitimacy of this claim, I do intend to smack people in the face with it at every opportunity however.

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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I cannot personally validate the legitimacy of this claim, I do intend to smack people in the face with it at every opportunity however.

You could get together with the ones who love to link the "atheists are smarter than religious folks" studies and put down two groups with one brush. More bang for your buck that way.

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ORIGINAL: Marc2b

Finally!  The proof of what we knew all along!  We're superior!  They're inferior!  We cannot allow these vermin to hold us back any longer!  The intellectual purity, not to mention the future happiness of the human race, is at stake!  We must begin purification immediately!  Let's see... we'll need to identify the inferiors, a means of rounding them up, and places to safely keep and guard them while we carry out an orderly disposal.  I can't wait to see the shinning new future we crerate once we have delt with the right-winger problem once and for all.  I'm getting half a woody just thinking about it! 

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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer
Deliberately citing the UK's Daily Mail which itself is famously right wing, not to mention something less than highbrow:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095549/Right-wingers-intelligent-left-wingers-says-controversial-study--conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html

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ORIGINAL: Anaxagoras

I think you suggested a few times that the Daily Mail was extremely dishonest

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Finally! The proof of what we knew all along! We're superior! They're inferior! We cannot allow these vermin to hold us back any longer! The intellectual purity, not to mention the future happiness of the human race, is at stake! We must begin purification immediately! Let's see... we'll need to identify the inferiors, a means of rounding them up, and places to safely keep and guard them while we carry out an orderly disposal. I can't wait to see the shinning new future we crerate once we have delt with the right-winger problem once and for all. I'm getting half a woody just thinking about it!

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ORIGINAL: Montana32DDD
This is a perfect example of just how intellectually dishonest the left HAS to be. Cheers.

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ORIGINAL: Trismagistus
I cannot personally validate the legitimacy of this claim, I do intend to smack people in the face with it at every opportunity however.

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ORIGINAL: Montana32DDD

This article is a perfect example of Left Wing Projection. Any Claims of Right Wingers being stupid are just that, claims. Any claims that Left Wingers are smart are also just claims. In My experience, growing up in New York City, Left Wingers protect themselves by dismissing and ignoring the right. Left Wingers live in a fantasy bubble. Upon Leaving the vaunted City of New York *Where right wing thought is all but banned) and moving to "Fly Over Country" I can tell you this. In My experience Left Wingers are Ignorant, intolerant, and rude. Right Wingers are generally a lot more tolerant, a hell of a lot smarter than ANY left winger will give the right credit for. Right Wingers are also more polite, more charitable, and open minded. Also, Left Wingers are always the first to engage in character assassination as soon as they find out you do not agree with the left. Left Wing people are very very rude, engaging in anti social behavior to anyone who does not share their views. Gay Marriage is a perfect example of this, where any support for the traditional family is dismissed as hatred. I also believe that Left wing policies hurt the economy. Example: the current Economic downturn after three years of Democrat Majority Rule is dismissed as Bush's fault. Any one who applies the logic that the people currently in charge have a hand in the current mess is dismissed as racism. This is not an intelligent position. This is a perfect example of just how intellectually dishonest the left HAS to be. Cheers.

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

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ORIGINAL: Trismagistus
I cannot personally validate the legitimacy of this claim, I do intend to smack people in the face with it at every opportunity however.

You might want to read it first. It reminds me a bit of the study Dems were trumpeting over for a bit, about college grads being more likely to be Democrats. They were having loads of fun until the conservatives started pointing out that high school dropouts were also more likely to be Democrats, while people who finished high school, or went on to a Masters or PhD trended Republican.

What this study says is that people who latch onto prejudice and bigotry are more likely to be dumb. There are plenty of prejudiced morons on the D side.

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They were having loads of fun until the conservatives started pointing out that high school dropouts were also more likely to be Democrats, while people who finished high school, or went on to a Masters or PhD trended Republican.