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People who squirm at the sight of bugs or are grossed out by blood and guts are more likely to be politically conservative, new studies find.
In particular, the squeamish are more apt to have conservative attitudes about gays and lesbians.
Lots of other research has tied politics to biology and behavior. Some quick background:
A study last year found that when people feel physically clean, they are less judgmental.
Another study found that political conservatives tend to be tidy, with organized offices, but liberals favor colorful, more stylish but cluttered spaces.
Political views are driven by religion, culture and even biology, other research has shown.
A large, global study in 2007 concluded that political preference is 50 percent genetic.
The new studies
In one of the new studies, Cornell University psychology professor David Pizarro and colleagues surveyed 181 U.S. adults from politically mixed swing states. They used a Disgust Sensitivity Scale (DSS), which offers various scenarios to assess disgust sensitivity, as well as a political ideology scale. They found a correlation between being more easily disgusted and political conservatism.
Then they surveyed 91 Cornell undergraduates with the DSS, as well as with questions about their positions on issues including gay marriage, abortion, gun control, labor unions, tax cuts and affirmative action. Participants who rated higher in disgust sensitivity were more likely to oppose gay marriage and abortion, issues that are related to notions of morality or purity.
The results are detailed in the journal Cognition & Emotion.
In a separate study in the current issue of the journal Emotion, Pizarro and colleagues found a link between higher disgust sensitivity and disapproval of gays and lesbians. In this research, they used implicit measures, which assess attitudes people may be unwilling to report explicitly or that they may not even know they possess.
The studies were funded by the university.
Morals and disgust
Morals and disgust are intertwined. Research earlier this year found that people react similarly to disgusting photographs by curling the upper lip and wrinkling the nose. When judging behavior, our disgust can actually make us feel physically sick.
Pizarro explains that disgust is evolution's way of protecting us from disease. Unfortunately, in his view, disgust is now used to make moral judgments.
Liberals and conservatives disagree about whether disgust has a valid place in making moral judgments, Pizarro argues. Some conservatives think there is inherent wisdom in repugnance, that feeling disgusted about something - gay sex between consenting adults, for example - is cause enough to judge it wrong or immoral, even lacking a concrete reason, Pizarro explains. Liberals tend to disagree, and are more likely to base judgments on whether an action or a thing causes actual harm, he said.
Studying the link between disgust and moral judgment could help explain the strong differences in people's moral opinions, Pizarro figures. And it could offer strategies for persuading some to change their views.
"People have pointed out for a long time that a lot of our moral values seem driven by emotion, and in particular, disgust appears to be one of those emotions that seems to be recruited for moral judgments," Pizarro said.
An interesting related aside to chew on: Research published in 2007 in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that people who think of themselves as having high moral standards often become the worst cheats because they pursue what they believe to be a moral end at all cost.
cont... http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090605/sc_livescience/conservativesaremoreeasilydisgusted
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"Disgust Sensitivity Scale (DSS)"
hahaha, this is funny shit right here! Usefull scale for mocking :D
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Meanwhile, Mainstream America is digusted and grossed out by conservatives in return.
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LOL thats good stuff right there
Meanwhile, Mainstream America is digusted and grossed out by conservatives in return.
i guess thats why the majority of american is independent leaning conservative huh?
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Not according to Nov 08.
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Not according to Nov 08.
i should expect nothing less then that type of ignorance from you lurker...so everytime a rep pres has been elected mainstream america is disgusted at liberalism?
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i should expect nothing less then that type of ignorance from you lurker...so everytime a rep pres has been elected mainstream america is disgusted at liberalism?
Waiting for an answer - . . . . . .
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Waiting for an answer - . . . . . .
Don't hold your breath.
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Im glad America's Universities are funding worthwhile studies into the human condition ::)
I guess there are no conservative doctors, soldiers, exterminators, plumbers, emt workers, nurses, sanitation workers, funeral directors, forensic technitions, cops, etc.--
With the exception of nurses ( maybe ) I would venture to guess that the overwhelming majority of people in those professions are conservative or at least right leaning.
Furthermore, the very point the study is trying to prove would contradict the entire liberal thought process visa vi gay marriage. Liberals do not find gay marriage repugnant, they think its "wonderful" that two men or women love one another and should be married. They dont find it disgusting, hence they dont find it morally wrong.
Now, lets apply that same line of thinking to abortion; Its not repugnant because to them bc they dont find abortion morally unacceptable.
But, lets apply some common liberal sticking points-- Eating meat, war, waterboarding, global warming etc.--- Liberals find all of these things "repugnant" and make sweeping moral judgments on anyone who disagrees with their point of view. They use the same internal barometer of "disgust" and apply it to action they find objectionable.
There is absolutely zero correlation bw being immune to bugs/ blood and guts and being liberal.
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Im glad America's Universities are funding worthwhile studies into the human condition Roll Eyes
I guess there are no conservative doctors, soldiers, exterminators, plumbers, emt workers, nurses, sanitation workers, funeral directors, forensic technitions, cops, etc.--
With the exception of nurses ( maybe ) I would venture to guess that the overwhelming majority of people in those professions are conservative or at least right leaning.
Furthermore, the very point the study is trying to prove would contradict the entire liberal thought process visa vi gay marriage. Liberals do not find gay marriage repugnant, they think its "wonderful" that two men or women love one another and should be married. They dont find it disgusting, hence they dont find it morally wrong.
Now, lets apply that same line of thinking to abortion; Its not repugnant because to them bc they dont find abortion morally unacceptable.
But, lets apply some common liberal sticking points-- Eating meat, war, waterboarding, global warming etc.--- Liberals find all of these things "repugnant" and make sweeping moral judgments on anyone who disagrees with their point of view. They use the same internal barometer of "disgust" and apply it to action they find objectionable.
There is absolutely zero correlation bw being immune to bugs/ blood and guts and being liberal.
QFT
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Don't hold your breath.
Some of us have lives away from the PC you know. Sorry for keeping you waiting princess.
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so everytime a rep pres has been elected mainstream america is disgusted at liberalism?
Waiting for an answer - . . . . . .
Did you notice that the article posted said :
"global study in 2007"?
Did you notice that I said :
"Nov 08."?
Can you please tell me WHAT Republican president won election in 2007 or 2008 which are the dates in those posts?? Then perhaps explain how your post about anything prior to that is relevant for the current topic being discussed.
When you can do that, come back. I will school you some more.
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Did you notice that the article posted said :
"global study in 2007"?
Did you notice that I said :
"Nov 08."?
Can you please tell me WHAT Republican president won election in 2007 or 2008 which are the dates in those posts?? Then perhaps explain how your post about anything prior to that is relevant for the current topic being discussed.
When you can do that, come back. I will school you some more.
by your ignorant logic when a dem pres wins mainstream america is disgusted with conservatives, correct?
well again by your logic when bush won in ohhhhhh 2000 and 2004 that means mainstream media was disgusted with liberals...im sorry if your logic doesnt make sense to you...i dont know what to tell your dumb ass...
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by your ignorant logic when a dem pres wins mainstream america is disgusted with conservatives, correct?
well again by your logic when bush won in ohhhhhh 2000 and 2004 that means mainstream media was disgusted with liberals...im sorry if your logic doesnt make sense to you...i dont know what to tell your dumb ass...
2000, clearly stolen election... Same with 2004...
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2000, clearly stolen election... Same with 2004...
Hysterical.
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by your ignorant logic when a dem pres wins mainstream america is disgusted with conservatives, correct?
well again by your logic when bush won in ohhhhhh 2000 and 2004 that means mainstream media was disgusted with liberals...im sorry if your logic doesnt make sense to you...i dont know what to tell your dumb ass...
In case you couldn't comprehend the previous statements, my "logic" consists of the time frames that were established by A) the original article posted - 2007 and B) my original post regarding the 2008 election.
Try a little harder to keep up. Dumbass.
Article and study was done in 2007
Election results supported the conclusion of study with proof in 2008.
Or is it just the delusional mindset of conservatives that think they can apply 2000 and 2004 to a study that was conducted in 2007? ::) Watching too much Back To the Future are you Marty Mcfly?
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In case you couldn't comprehend the previous statements, my "logic" consists of the time frames that were established by A) the original article posted - 2007 and B) my original post regarding the 2008 election.
Try a little harder to keep up. Dumbass.
Article and study was done in 2007
Election results supported the conclusion of study with proof in 2008.
Or is it just the delusional mindset of conservatives that think they can apply 2000 and 2004 to a study that was conducted in 2007? ::) Watching too much Back To the Future are you Marty Mcfly?
How about 1980, 1984, 1988, 1994, ??????
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Hysterical.
it's absolutely true and not funny.
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How about 1980, 1984, 1988, 1994, ??????
How about those years being prior to 2007 and 2008.
DUH!!!!
Seriously, I can't tell if this becoming vastly amusing or vastly pathetic from your end.
Are all conservatives this hoodwinked and out of tune with the obvious? Does anything penetrate the little bubble world of delusions they live in?
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Delusions???? U idiots keep ur heads in the sand thinking we can talk and spend our way out of every problem, domestic and foreign. U idiots put ur faith in a guy who needs a telepromter and thinks we're one of the worlds biggest muslim nations. Barry does an awful lot of wishful thinking. Oddly...europe is headed right while we're headed down the shit tubes with the community organizer.
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And idiots like you work for him.
Shut your whining.
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Did you notice that the article posted said :
"global study in 2007"?
Did you notice that I said :
"Nov 08."?
Can you please tell me WHAT Republican president won election in 2007 or 2008 which are the dates in those posts?? Then perhaps explain how your post about anything prior to that is relevant for the current topic being discussed.
When you can do that, come back. I will school you some more.
and what makes you believe that main stream america is disgusted with conservatism? you stated b/c obama won in nov 08 correct?
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and what makes you believe that main stream america is disgusted with conservatism? you stated b/c obama won in nov 08 correct?
Seems they voted against it.
Seems the conservative minority couldn't even get a candidate within their own party out of the starting gate during the primaries.
You had liberals on both tickets. Who placed them on the ticket? Mainstream America.
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Seems they voted against it.
Seems the conservative minority couldn't even get a candidate within their own party out of the starting gate during the primaries.
You had liberals on both tickets. Who placed them on the ticket? Mainstream America.
And who voted for Reagan in two landslides? Bush in 88', Bush in 2000, Bush in 2004, the GOP in 1994.
Bush was not a conservative. Under Bush, other than the war, liberals got almost everything they wanted.
More govt spending, more education spending, more programs. etc etc.
I dont know what you complaining about.
Under ZERO, we are getting a blazing path to insolvency and national bankruptcy.
Even the Chinese laughed at Geithner!
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And who voted for Reagan in two landslides? Bush in 88', Bush in 2000, Bush in 2004, the GOP in 1994.
Bush was not a conservative. Under Bush, other than the war, liberals got almost everything they wanted.
More govt spending, more education spending, more programs. etc etc.
I dont know what you complaining about.
Under ZERO, we are getting a blazing path to insolvency and national bankruptcy.
Even the Chinese laughed at Geithner!
*YAWN* Here we go with the time machine thing again.
Even admitting Bushie Jr wasn't a conservative isn't exactly lending credibility to YOUR arguement. It is only proving my point. There hasn't been a conservative elected or even fielded from the primaries since Bush Sr. How many years has that been again?
Clinton - 8 years
Bushie Jr - 8 years - because as you say, he wasn't a conservative.
Obama - 8 years :-*
Quarter of a decade with no conservative twit in office? Who's complaining? ;D
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As a taxpayer, yes I am extremely unhappy with the path of this nation.
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As a taxpayer, yes I am extremely unhappy with the path of this nation.
So is Mainstream America. :)
Or dare I say..... [size=10pt]DISGUSTED[/size][/glow]
MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAA
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Seems they voted against it.
Seems the conservative minority couldn't even get a candidate within their own party out of the starting gate during the primaries.
You had liberals on both tickets. Who placed them on the ticket? Mainstream America.
LOL well dumbass with the logic of america voting against it as your basis...you can take that to mean that everytime a conservative beat a liberal america was disgusted with liberals...LOL your trying to back peddle but you see logic is only logical if it can be applied across the board DIP SHIT...LOL man when did you drop out of high school?
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Thanks for showcasing your inability to comprehend common logic or decipher the complex communication system that is known as the English Language.
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Thanks for showcasing your inability to comprehend common logic or decipher the complex communication system that is known as the English Language.
LOL your idiocy knows no bounds you cant logically only apply your logic to the one election you want the article being about 2007 or 2008 has nothing to do with your ignorant statement that you feel main stream america is disgusted with conservatism b/c obama won in 08 ::)...hahahahah again bro what grade did you drop out of high school?
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This theory called Math has to be a mind bender for some.
Perhaps instead of those biggie baddie common words like Quarter, or Century, or Six, I should have used the metric system. One can only wonder what else didn't penetrate.
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This theory called Math has to be a mind bender for some.
Perhaps instead of those biggie baddie common words like Quarter, or Century, or Six, I should have used the metric system. One can only wonder what else didn't penetrate.
HHAHA you and your ilk should really be neutered as to not contaminate the rest of the gene pool with your ignorance...
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Further proof.
Really, one must wonder what exactly does get into that little bubble of the cons. Sunlight perhaps?