Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

[Derideo_Te]

What's truly funny is in a Yale research paper it was found conservatives have a much better grasp of science than the libs who think they do.


It turns out that there is about as strong a correlation between scores on the science comprehension scale and identifying with the Tea Party as there is between scores on the science comprehension scale and Conservrepub.

Except that it has the opposite sign: that is, identifying with the Tea Party correlates positively (r = 0.05, p = 0.05) with scores on the science comprehension measure:



www.culturalcognition.net - Cultural Cognition Blog - Some data on education, religiosity, ideology, and science*comprehension

Did you read what it said right at the top?

Cultural Cognition Blog

No, this blog post is not a federally funded study. It's neither "federally funded" nor a "study"!​

 

[Derideo_Te]

What's truly funny is in a Yale research paper it was found conservatives have a much better grasp of science than the libs who think they do.


It turns out that there is about as strong a correlation between scores on the science comprehension scale and identifying with the Tea Party as there is between scores on the science comprehension scale and Conservrepub.

Except that it has the opposite sign: that is, identifying with the Tea Party correlates positively (r = 0.05, p = 0.05) with scores on the science comprehension measure:



www.culturalcognition.net - Cultural Cognition Blog - Some data on education, religiosity, ideology, and science*comprehension

This makes perfect sense.

If USMB is a microcosm of the nation at large, the clearly the conservatives are far better educated than the leftists.

Nope, not even close! USMB political forums are largely comprised of "likely voters" from all parts of the political spectrum.

Given the apathy of registered voters USMB political forums are atypical of the nation at large. What is scary is that this is a reflection of the "better educated" of the conservatives.

 

[Derideo_Te]

Why do the Progs continuously project their own pathologies and inadequacies upon everyone else?

They do as they are instructed, they lack the capacity of thought.

Ironic!

 

[bedowin62]

people who call the record welfare and food stamps on their watch "forward progress" should avoid commenting on the lack of capacity of thought of others

libs are losers who lie to themselves

 

[Derideo_Te]

You're a Big Daddy Government supporter. The FF valued freedom and personal liberty -- things progressives hate.

You'd have informed on the FF to King George. Guaranteed.

You mean like those big Gov't Founders who chose a federal big Gov't over a small states rights? YES


conservatives choose to ignore facts and reality and live in a right wing world of delusion and disconnect created by the right wing echo chamber of spin, lies and misinformation.

The FF WANTED a big Federal Government?

Wow. You can make yourself believe anything, no matter how stupid, can't you?

Perhaps you've never noticed that the Constitituion places LIMITS on the power of the Federal government. NOT on the people, and NOT on the states.

Actually the Constitution does place limits on the states and the people. The states cannot deprive the people of rights enumerated in the Constitution and the people cannot violate the constitutional rights of others.

 

[Derideo_Te]

Or how many people thought Bush was either behind 9/11 or knew about it and let it happen.

I'm betting many more Democrats believe that one than Republicans.

I'll bet you would bet that. Maybe you should conduct a study to confirm your hypothesis.

A survey of New Jersey Democrats demonstrated exactly that. Fully a third believed Bush was behind 9/11 or had foreknowledge of the attacks.

 

[Derideo_Te]

people who call the record welfare and food stamps on their watch "forward progress" should avoid commenting on the lack of capacity of thought of others

libs are losers who lie to themselves

at the irony!

 

[bedowin62]

irony

Black and Hispanic Americans; women too; had it better when Republicans were running things



libs are losers who lie to themselves

 

[Discombobulated]

irony

Black and Hispanic Americans; women too; had it better when Republicans were running things



libs are losers who lie to themselves

That must be why blacks, hispanics and women have been voting for Republicans in record numbers.

 

[bedowin62]

irony

Black and Hispanic Americans; women too; had it better when Republicans were running things



libs are losers who lie to themselves

That must be why blacks, hispanics and women have been voting for Republicans in record numbers.

good point dimwit; there is much work to be done undoing decades of pandering and lies told to minorities

but obama; the nominal head of the Democrat Party; lost ground among even his strongest supporters from the first election to the second

 

[S.J.]

irony

Black and Hispanic Americans; women too; had it better when Republicans were running things



libs are losers who lie to themselves

That must be why blacks, hispanics and women have been voting for Republicans in record numbers.

With all the election fraud, who would know?

 

[bedowin62]

Racism doesn't explain why Obama's approval rating is falling



Latest news, world news, sport and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com | The Guardian › Opinion › Barack Obama





The Guardian





Aug 11, 2013 - Does being black cost President Obama support among white voters? ... Obama lost the white vote in 2012, according to the final pre-election Pew ... Moreover, Obama is also seeing his numbers drop among minorities.

 

[bedowin62]

even the NAACP has said Black Americans have it WORSE under obama

enjoy your moments being a smug idiot left-wing nutjob

you cant fool all the people all the time

 

[Discombobulated]

irony

Black and Hispanic Americans; women too; had it better when Republicans were running things



libs are losers who lie to themselves

That must be why blacks, hispanics and women have been voting for Republicans in record numbers.

good point dimwit; there is much work to be done undoing decades of pandering and lies told to minorities

but obama; the nominal head of the Democrat Party; lost ground among even his strongest supporters from the first election to the second

There sure is a lot of name calling around here. No doubt the low standards of behavior on this forum suit you well.

 

[sealybobo]

even the NAACP has said Black Americans have it WORSE under obama

enjoy your moments being a smug idiot left-wing nutjob

you cant fool all the people all the time

Yea but they don't blame Obama jackass.

"Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago" ignores the fact that it was GOP policies from 2000-2006 that put us in the poor house and GOP Obstruction from 2007-present that is slowing down the recovery.

 

[sealybobo]

Racism doesn't explain why Obama's approval rating is falling



Latest news, world news, sport and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com | The Guardian › Opinion › Barack Obama





The Guardian





Aug 11, 2013 - Does being black cost President Obama support among white voters? ... Obama lost the white vote in 2012, according to the final pre-election Pew ... Moreover, Obama is also seeing his numbers drop among minorities.

No but bullshit polls do.

Do you even know what they are doing to you? They are playing you like a fool. They'll show you bogus polls that show Obama's approval is low, just like they did in 2010, KNOWING that not a lot of people vote during midterms. So the right is going to pretend that they have a mandate and that the people are behind them but the fact is, the people are stupid for not voting every 2 years.

And in 2016 we will win the White House and probably win back whatever numbers we lose this year. Just like in 2010, the GOP will win the 2014 midterms. Happens every midterm. But make no mistake about it that doesn't mean the masses like or want the GOP running this country.

The people who only vote every 4 years or the people who don't vote at all do not deserve to live in this country. The only thing I hate more than republican voters are people who don't vote.

 

[Stephanie]

That must be why blacks, hispanics and women have been voting for Republicans in record numbers.

good point dimwit; there is much work to be done undoing decades of pandering and lies told to minorities

but obama; the nominal head of the Democrat Party; lost ground among even his strongest supporters from the first election to the second

There sure is a lot of name calling around here. No doubt the low standards of behavior on this forum suit you well.

do you post just to see yourself post?
you've become a TROLL already by overtaking this thread and you just joined
oh well, the more you talk the more people see you as a pompous ass
are you this boring in real life?

 

[bedowin62]

Racism doesn't explain why Obama's approval rating is falling



Latest news, world news, sport and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com | The Guardian › Opinion › Barack Obama





The Guardian





Aug 11, 2013 - Does being black cost President Obama support among white voters? ... Obama lost the white vote in 2012, according to the final pre-election Pew ... Moreover, Obama is also seeing his numbers drop among minorities.

No but bullshit polls do.

Do you even know what they are doing to you? They are playing you like a fool. They'll show you bogus polls that show Obama's approval is low, just like they did in 2010, KNOWING that not a lot of people vote during midterms. So the right is going to pretend that they have a mandate and that the people are behind them but the fact is, the people are stupid for not voting every 2 years.

And in 2016 we will win the White House and probably win back whatever numbers we lose this year. Just like in 2010, the GOP will win the 2014 midterms. Happens every midterm. But make no mistake about it that doesn't mean the masses like or want the GOP running this country.

The people who only vote every 4 years or the people who don't vote at all do not deserve to live in this country. The only thing I hate more than republican voters are people who don't vote.

in 2012 Dems won back a whole 10 of the 70 seats they lost in 2010



libs are idiots

Republicans will keep the House and take the Senate back this year

it's hard for repbulicans to win the White House because of the way the electoral college works; libs have the ignorant vote sewn up in the large population centers

libs are losers who lie to themselves

 

[Dad2three]

Why Does the Right Embrace Ignorance as a Virtue?

Its easier than thinking, that's why.

You really believe the caption, don't you?

Retard.

HUNDREDS of millions conservatives have spent to create the MYTH of Ronnie, nothing would surprise me Bubba

Like I said...you really believe it. Because it was posted on Democratic Underground, so you immediately and unquestioningly accepted it. And because you wanted to believe it's true, it really IS true.

Magical thinking is a hallmark of progressives. That's how they can see the many historic failures of progressivism and claim it can work.

Mind reader AND a person who sets up false premises and argues from there, I hit the jackpot


Next we just need the distortions and lies, and you use up ALL the rights wings ammo, as they have nothing else but failed policy to fall back on

 

[kwc57]

I found a great article that casts some light on the puzzling, reality-denying, seemingly insane behavior of so many of the rightwingnut.....

Let me know when they publish the second installment about the insane behavior of the left. I bet it will be equally riveting.

What a sheeple.