Conservatism : Physiological defect or learned behaviour?

dirtydaveiii

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It is well documented that if you are a conservative you are likely to be white, live in a rural area, own a gun, have an IQ below 100,have no post secondary education and believe in God. Conservatives lack the ability for reasoning, do not understand humour and often lack empathy for others. Is this caused by a limited upbringing and conservative parents 'grooming' their children to become conservative, or is there a physical abnormality where the frontal lobe is inhibited from developing past the infant stage? All mentally challenged people are conservatives and relate to conservative values, but what about the rest of the conservative population that are functioning slightly above the designation of having an intellectual disability ? Is there an actual difference in the brain of conservative or is it merely indoctrinated ?
 
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It is well documented that if you are a conservative you are likely to be white, live in a rural area, own a gun, have an IQ below 100,have no post secondary education and believe in God.
Can you name a few non-conservative political leaders past and
present who don't believe in God?
 

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hence the word "LIKELY"
Conservator does not understand the concept of 'likely'... ;) For them it's white or black. Ying or Yang. You are with me or the enemy.

This is why the gop is so bad. They do not accept that in life you cannot win all your battles. That consensus and especially moral consensus is needed.
 

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hence the word "LIKELY"
My observation is that non-conservatives are as likely
to believe in God as the conservatives.


Biden’s Catholic faith will be on full display as the first publicly churchgoing president in decades


How Joe Biden's Faith Shapes His Politics

 
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My observation is that non-conservatives are as likely
to believe in God as the conservatives.




what does this have to do with my thread topic other than displaying an inability to comprehend my question ?
 

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Conservator does not understand the concept of 'likely'... ;) For them it's white or black. Ying or Yang. You are with me or the enemy.
You have to redefine the meaning of 'likely' to figure out why
chance of finding a liberal/non-conservative who believe in God
is about equal as it is for the conservatives in politics.

This is why the gop is so bad. They do not accept that in life you cannot win all your battles. That consensus and especially moral consensus is needed.
 

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what does this have to do with my thread topic other than displaying an inability to comprehend my question ?
Didn't you say in your OP among other things conservatives are more
likely to believe in God? I am merely questioning your presumption.
 

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Conservator does not understand the concept of 'likely'... ;) For them it's white or black. Ying or Yang. You are with me or the enemy.

This is why the gop is so bad. They do not accept that in life you cannot win all your battles. That consensus and especially moral consensus is needed.
more like for them its white or white
 

dirtydaveiii

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Didn't you say in your OP among other things conservatives are more
likely to believe in God? I am merely questioning your presumption.
no actually I didnt. I dont know why this is so difficult for you

I didnt say ONLY conservatives believe in God or that most people that believe in God are conservatives, I said that MOST conservatives believe in God. Why are logical arguments so difficult for you people to follow ?

Most consevatives believe in God is categorically different than

Most people that believe in God are conservatives
 

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no actually I didnt. I dont know why this is so difficult for you
Don't you think it is more illuminating to point out most
conservatives believe in God whilst liberals are about as
likely to believe in God as well?

I didnt say ONLY conservatives believe in God or that most people that believe in God are conservatives, I said that MOST conservatives believe in God. Why are logical arguments so difficult for you people to follow ?

Most consevatives believe in God is categorically different than

Most people that believe in God are conservatives
 

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Don't you think it is more illuminating to point out most
conservatives believe in God whilst liberals are about as
likely to believe in God as well?
No actually that is redundant just like why I didnt say most Liberals are white, have IQ over 100, believe in God, also own a gun if American and undestand reasoning and humour
 

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I think the author may be conflating conservatism with what now passes for the GOP. The despicables who now effectively control the GOP are not conservative at all.

True conservatism, whether you agree with it or not, is an intellectually valid set of principles. The label has been coopted by the despicables so that today anything they believe in is deemed to be conservative which is absurd. They could adopt socialized medicine tomorrow and they would then deem that conservative.

There is intellectual basis for what is today considered conservative to today's GOP.
 

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One of the most stupid threads on this forum, and that's really saying something. If there was a humourous purpose to it, it wouldn't have been comment-worthy, but I don't think that's the OP's intention.
 

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I think the author may be conflating conservatism with what now passes for the GOP. The despicables who now effectively control the GOP are not conservative at all.

True conservatism, whether you agree with it or not, is an intellectually valid set of principles. The label has been coopted by the despicables so that today anything they believe in is deemed to be conservative which is absurd. They could adopt socialized medicine tomorrow and they would then deem that conservative.

There is intellectual basis for what is today considered conservative to today's GOP.
If conservatives are not willing to take a stand and differentiate themselves from MAGA, QAnon, the GOPee and the KKK then they shall all be considered the same
 
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The OP is over the top. Conservativism is simply a personality type that does not deal with change very well.


Too bad for them you can't stop the rising of the tide.
 

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If conservatives are not willing to take a stand and differentiate themselves from MAGA, QAnon, the GOPee and the KKK then they shall all be considered the same
Conservatism is a set of principles that have nothing to do with today's GOP. Although in a Venn diagram there may be a small overlap the maga and goo cults have very little in common with those principles.
 

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I think the author may be conflating conservatism with what now passes for the GOP. The despicables who now effectively control the GOP are not conservative at all.

True conservatism, whether you agree with it or not, is an intellectually valid set of principles. The label has been coopted by the despicables so that today anything they believe in is deemed to be conservative which is absurd. They could adopt socialized medicine tomorrow and they would then deem that conservative.

There is intellectual basis for what is today considered conservative to today's GOP.
This is pretty debatable.
The idea that "conservatism is an intellectually valid set of principles" isn't quite as easy to defend as some might think.

That said, there are various sets of principles that have, at times, been called "conservative".
 

toguy5252

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This is pretty debatable.
The idea that "conservatism is an intellectually valid set of principles" isn't quite as easy to defend as some might think.

That said, there are various sets of principles that have, at times, been called "conservative".
That may be true but today's GOP resembles very few of them.
 
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