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kairos12

(12,842 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 08:31 PM Feb 2013

Are Republican Brains Different?

http://www.salon.com/2013/02/22/are_republican_brains_different_partner/

Article says Democrats consider the feelings and thoughts of others when evaluating risking decisions.

Republicans base their decisions on fear.

Number of subjects studied was small: 83

Better Validation:

Obama's 2012 Campaign Slogan-"Forward" versus

Rmoney's 2012 Campaign Slogan (closest I could find) "Washington is Broken"

Jesse Jackson's Keep Hope Alive versus:

Bush's fear fandango of color alerts to keep the population cowed.
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Are Republican Brains Different? (Original Post) kairos12 Feb 2013 OP
Unknown PD Turk Feb 2013 #1
And this is making a huge assumption that they have... CurtEastPoint Feb 2013 #2
To quote FreeWheelin Franklin 4nic8em Feb 2013 #3
Yes DJ13 Feb 2013 #4
Im actually reading a book about this right now davidn3600 Feb 2013 #5

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)
1. Unknown
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 08:36 PM
Feb 2013

First we'd have to prove that republican brains exist. To date, I still don't think one has been found yet

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
5. Im actually reading a book about this right now
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 09:44 PM
Feb 2013

Quite interesting.

I dont think it is based on any one thing. I think our political thinking is a result of many different things over a long period of time. Proof of that is that our political thinking tends to change as we age. If you are 40 years old, your beliefs are likely not going to be exactly the same as they were when you were 20. You've picked up new experiences, new life events, and new education.

So in other words, it is an ongoing evolution. It does not appear to be like personality which stays reletively the same throughout your life.

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