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Studies have revealed that liberals are far less tolerant than conservatives when it comes to other peoples' opinions According to an article written by Thomas Lifson on March 13, 2012:
“The new research found that instead of engaging in civil discourse or debate, fully 16% of liberals admitted to blocking, unfriending or overtly hiding someone on a social networking site because that person expressed views they disagreed with. That's double the percentage of conservatives and more than twice the percentage of political moderates who behaved like that.”
Lifson also observed that liberals were more prone to change the subject or to become angry when someone disagrees with them:
“When the realization hits that a cherished belief might be wrong, negative emotions will rush in, and the conversation will be terminated by tears, a change of subject to another emotional topic (this is frequent with family members), or an angry outburst.”
Mr. Lifson's entire article can be read in The American Thinker, March 14, 2012 at the following link:
Blog: Liberal intolerance, by the numbers
It is not like that is something we didn't all know and have not said for years.
Immie
that there is a text book example of confirmation bias.
I might be open to being convinced that it depends on the side of the track you are coming from.
It is easy for me to see the intolerance of the left because they are intolerant of me and my beliefs. I have to look harder for the intolerance from the right because it is not generally directed at me.
On the other hand, you seem to accept Jillian's intolerant statement without a comment. Might that be because you don't see it as being intolerant? Yes, Jillian displayed intolerance (possibly deliberately due to the topic) of the view that people on her side were more intolerant than the other side.
The left doesn't believe itself to be intolerant. Which is hogwash. The way I see it. They are much more intolerant of differing views than the right. Take two issues one supported by the left wing and one by the right wing (examples gay marriage and religious freedoms) and I think you will find that taking the opposing point of view from the left will get you in much more trouble with them than doing so with the right. Since I find myself in opposition to both sides on many issues i.e. I support Welfare and the right not so much, I can tell you that those on the right seem to be much more tolerant of my "opposition" than those on the left do.
True that is not a scientific way to determine this question as other factors could definitely be involved such as the fact that I am seen as being more conservative than not by most people. Maybe that has something to do with it. But generally when this is not so much of an issue, I think you will find that people on the right are more willing to forgive your "transgressions" than those on the left.
Immie
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