Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

Cliffy

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If a being changes from being a lizard to a human, regardless of what's on their mind, they are still human.
It was a joke anyway. Not meant to be over-thought and analyzed.
I knew that, so I played with it.

bunch of party poopers:smile:
It has been said that republicans don't have a sense of humour but just look at the bunch of clowns they have in the presidential race.

Actually, come to think of it, I never saw the humour in clowns. They scared the crap out of me as a kid too.
 

damngrumpy

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Someone said the Republicans are conservatives, well normally that would be true
however the current group is not made up of conservatives, they are merely a
collection of people are not all there. The Tea Party are out of touch with reality let
alone the people.
Actually many are of wealth and privilege, with a credited education credentials and
a low IQ.
It should also be noted I am not a conservative but a fiscal conservative and a social
conservative are two different things.
 

pgs

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Someone said the Republicans are conservatives, well normally that would be true
however the current group is not made up of conservatives, they are merely a
collection of people are not all there. The Tea Party are out of touch with reality let
alone the people.
Actually many are of wealth and privilege, with a credited education credentials and
a low IQ.
It should also be noted I am not a conservative but a fiscal conservative and a social
conservative are two different things.
And the occupy movement is simple grassroots,and in touch with reality.
 

JLM

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Ouch...that's gonna cause a stir :lol:
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.

The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.

"Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he said.

Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience

Perhaps prejudice is tied more closely to past experience than low intellect. :smile:
 

Niflmir

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Why are people resistant to change? In many cases those who want to change things
state they want to change things. The often say what they want to change but not why.
If changes are not explained people will not embrace the change. Its all about buying
a pig in a poke as it were.

I hear what you are saying, but I really think that many things need ongoing justifications, instead of needing justifications for changing them.

Particularly, drug prohibition. At face value, this is something that only affects the users, so what business does the government have to interfere? I feel the same way about the security theatre at the airports: does anyone actually feel safer for having to put their 100ml containers in a 1.5L bag? Speed limits are another issue. Saskatchewan and Alberta have some of the straightest highways in the world, why can the Germans safely drive at unlimited speeds on winding roads but, as Canadians, we need our government to protect us from people driving so fast on highways?

Back on topic. As an emigrant, I really feel like our immigration laws are ridiculous strenuous. I knew a guy that was married to an... Indonesian? One of those south-east Asian-Pacific countries where everything goes smoothly if you bribe people. He was able to live there with her quite easily after bribing the immigration officials a few thousand dollars. When they decided to move back to Canada, they waited ~2 years, paid ~$20,000 in lawyer bills, and were still waiting.
 

darkbeaver

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Icke's Lizard people are shape shifting humanoids, not human. I look at it as a metaphor for the reptilian mind set of those who want to rule the world and subjugate humanity. The base of our brain is reptilian and rules our instinctual behaviour. Domination seems to be an instinctual behaviour for psychopaths.

It is not very hard to imagine the masters of this world as inhuman, actually they are definitely alien to the average humans thinking.
Icke is shady in my estimation. Alien domination of this planet has long been reality, in reality.
Aliens grow here too under careful cultivation for aeons..
 

Cliffy

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It is not very hard to imagine the masters of this world as inhuman, actually they are definitely alien to the average humans thinking.
Icke is shady in my estimation. Alien domination of this planet has long been reality, in reality.
Aliens grow here too under careful cultivation for aeons..
I can relate to that but some people need to be eased into that understanding. Pop their bubble all at once and you end up with a bunch of neurotics.
 

darkbeaver

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I can relate to that but some people need to be eased into that understanding. Pop their bubble all at once and you end up with a bunch of neurotics.


Thousands of years of privilege and the best of invention and discovery for the picking. Apes have been good investment. Every time you want them to speed up the production you just stress them out with war and crisis and they lay golden eggs. My logic is a bit crude but.
 

JLM

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Why are people resistant to change? In many cases those who want to change things
state they want to change things. The often say what they want to change but not why.
If changes are not explained people will not embrace the change. Its all about buying
a pig in a poke as it were.

Actually on whole the least change possible is best. Some people have a mania for changing things, mainly just to add their "flavor" to it and in doing so generally just f**k things right up. Some of the things they want to change took many years by many people to put in place and then one "Johnny come lately" out of the blue thinks he's got a better idea. Like this guy on the forum who thinks he's going to be the next Liberal Prime Minister. I don't think there's anything that should change by more than one or two percent at a time, and if possible it should be given a trial run in places like the remotest part of Greenland or Antarctica to make sure it works. :smile:
 

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Actually on whole the least change possible is best. Some people have a mania for changing things, mainly just to add their "flavor" to it and in doing so generally just f**k things right up. Some of the things they want to change took many years by many people to put in place and then one "Johnny come lately" out of the blue thinks he's got a better idea. Like this guy on the forum who thinks he's going to be the next Liberal Prime Minister. I don't think there's anything that should change by more than one or two percent at a time, and if possible it should be given a trial run in places like the remotest part of Greenland or Antarctica to make sure it works. :smile:

So, things like civil rights for instance, that should have been given out no more than one or two per cent at a time? Maybe allow 2% of homosexuals to marry, and 2% to join the Military? Sometimes there are great changes in society, and they aren't always bad. Though the ones who lose power tend to view it as bad. We can pity and ridicule those who fought against ending slavery now....
 

JLM

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So, things like civil rights for instance, that should have been given out no more than one or two per cent at a time? Maybe allow 2% of homosexuals to marry, and 2% to join the Military? Sometimes there are great changes in society, and they aren't always bad. Though the ones who lose power tend to view it as bad. We can pity and ridicule those who fought against ending slavery now....

What percentage of homosexuals "normally" marry in a year?