The ends of the political spectrum have linked brains!

[Mac1958]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

 

[TNHarley]

Far left = tyranny
Far right = complete freedom
As to the point of the OP, yes, many people have been talking about that for years. You dont need some tests to see partisans are just alike.

 

[sartre play]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

NOT brains, just the hate.

 

[Votto]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

Your graph of the political spectrum is a strawman

It is more like this

I would refute the notion that anarchy belongs on the right, as it always leads to despotism, however. As a result, anarchists belong on the Left side of the spectrum.

But you get the idea.

If not, what is your left and right measuring with the Horeshoe?

What metrics?

My metric for the graph I provided is centralized control.

What is yours?

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Well, the mainstream left and very extreme right are both virulently antisemitic, that's for sure,

 

[elektra]

The center watches people die and suffer.

Those in the center are on the side of the tyrants, the corrupt, the bad.

 

[Chuz Life]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

The best argument against the claim that extremes of each side have the same brain/ same way of processing political info is the fact that neither side can communicate with or reason with the other.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

Naaaawwww. You just have TDS .

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The best argument against the claim that extremes of each side have the same brain/ same way of processing political info is the fact that neither side can communicate with or reason with the other.

How do you reason with the left when all of their thoughts are just feelings?

 

[Chuz Life]

How do you reason with the left when all of their thoughts are just feelings?

Exactly!

The two ends are not the same. Not even close.

 

[imawhosure]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

Your graph of the political spectrum is a strawman

It is more like this

View attachment 1158236

I would refute the notion that anarchy belongs on the right, as it always leads to despotism, however. As a result, anarchists belong on the Left side of the spectrum.

But you get the idea.

If not, what is your left and right measuring with the Horeshoe?

What metrics?

My metric for the graph I provided is centralized control.

What is yours?

Votto, the Charming and Delightful MACAFLOOZY and his friends, must try and project that both sides are as crazy as each other.

THAT is a false dichotomy! CONSIDER----------> The Left tries to tell you that the right are Fascists, lol. NOOOOO, the further right we go, the more Libertarian we are. On the other hand, the further LEFT they go, they end up SOCIALISTS, and then creeping into Communism.

Doubt me!

Forget what the LEFTISTS label anyone, and tell us the last time a Fascist, racist, antisemite, or hatemonger was supported for election by the GOP? Remember, the people have to SELF IDENTIFY as this, not be labeled as such by the LEFTISTS!

On the other hand, LOL.........what does Bernie admit he is! What does Mamdani freely admit he is! What does AOC freely admit she is! And how about their poster child for incestuous marriage so they can circumvent our immigration laws, Ilhan Omarr!

Now then, tell us who/whom from the Democratic party is in support of these people, and how many DEMOCRATS have said they will NOT SUPPORT them?

When David (the complete a**) Duke attempted to run as a person in the GOP, what did their side say-) How many GOPers came out in support of him? And what did THEY ALL say if a GOPer even running for dogcatcher in Alaska, did NOT come out against the RACIST, (and he is a RACIST) David Duke?!?!?!?!

Now the shoe is totally on the other foot, and all their people are rope-a-doping, lol. They actually believe that is going to work-) Just wait until next year when the midterms are in full swing.

I have a PREDICTION on one word THEY will constantly repeat under the orders from the DNC, on this site, here, there, and everywhere, hehehehehehe. And that word will be DOGWHISTLE-) Those clowns are soooooooo predictable, we already are devising our responses to what we know they are going to say, because what they say, they ALWAYS say, phony-e-baloneys-)

 

[Seymour Flops]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

Interesting, but hiw did they define extreme vs mainstream?

 

[Mac1958]

Interesting, but hiw did they define extreme vs mainstream?

Looks like they based it on something like this:

Political extremists are ‘impulsive’ thrill-seekers, but mentally slower

 

[Seymour Flops]

Looks like they based it on something like this:

Political extremists are ‘impulsive’ thrill-seekers, but mentally slower

Id love to see the instrument the used to measure "extremism."

For example, woukd believing that a "woman" is anyone whi declares themself a woman be an extreme or midfle of the road belief?

 

[Independent thinker]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

I clicked "informative" but this is hardly surprising.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

Your horse shoe is stupid

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Your graph of the political spectrum is a strawman

It is more like this

View attachment 1158236

I would refute the notion that anarchy belongs on the right, as it always leads to despotism, however. As a result, anarchists belong on the Left side of the spectrum.

But you get the idea.

If not, what is your left and right measuring with the Horeshoe?

What metrics?

My metric for the graph I provided is centralized control.

What is yours?

Your graph is better.

It goes....

Dictatorship, Communism, socialism, corporatism, monarchy, republicism, democracy, anarchy.

All of the above except anarchy can be fascist

 

[Mac-7]

I've always thought that partisan ideologues on the ends of the spectrum share many personality traits, and that their thought processes were closer to each other than to the rest of the country. The old "political horseshoe" theory.

Well go figure!

Brain scans reveal Americans on the far left and far right process political content in remarkably similar ways.

From the article: Research from Brown University reveals something far more surprising: the brains of these political opposites actually sync up in ways that moderates’ brains don’t. When extreme liberals and extreme conservatives watched heated political discussions, their neural activity became synchronized, even though they disagreed on nearly everything being said.

Scientists have discovered what they call evidence of a “shared, extreme lens” through which people on both ends of the political spectrum process inflammatory political content. This finding, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, challenges assumptions about how America’s political divide shapes our mental processes.

American academia is dominated by libs

If they tell Mac1958 that the left is no worse than the right thats music to his ears

Because that justifies him sitting on the fence where he can never be blamed for anything while secretly supporting the left