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bayareaboy

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31. I don't belive that there are many Conservatives around ... ...
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 08:51 PM
Jan 2012

anymore. Then again I don't call many folks conservatives either.

I call them reactionary, nuckle-dragging, fascists and lately just, stupid. Course that is just me.

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Still I know a lot of really intelligent conservatives some with prejudice and some without. nt Mojorabbit Jan 2012 #1
Conservative and predjudiced not the same, at all, in fact. elleng Jan 2012 #4
I don't. And I know a lot of conservatives. Hallmarks of true intelligence include renie408 Jan 2012 #10
Remove Conservative Funding and lets see how well they do based on IQ Boycottdbad Jan 2012 #32
YEAH, The 1% CONS ErikJ Jan 2012 #38
No surprise, really, elleng Jan 2012 #2
One striking thing is WingDinger Jan 2012 #3
The Dunning-Kruger effect at work... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #33
I knew they libodem Jan 2012 #5
I all ready knew that. Neoma Jan 2012 #6
Authoritarian religion, authoritarian politics, and conservative beliefs about right and wrong undeterred Jan 2012 #7
This seems so true!!! ...and it seems right wingers have much difficulty... hue Jan 2012 #11
That's because not believing it is tied to the fear of spending eternity in hell. undeterred Jan 2012 #18
Not all conservatives are bigots The Wizard Jan 2012 #8
You don't have to be a bigot to be a Republican Major Nikon Jan 2012 #12
Well Duh! Hutzpa Jan 2012 #9
Shit. Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #13
Boy, this one is easy to misconstrue! caraher Jan 2012 #14
I don't know for you, but 'intelligent' and 'racist' don't fit in the same sentence... Amonester Jan 2012 #16
I agree caraher Jan 2012 #34
My bad, I missed that meaning, since... Amonester Jan 2012 #37
Even the extreme right has its intellectuals nxylas Jan 2012 #48
Here is what the article actually said on these points. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #19
The problem is that 'intelligence' is not easy to construe to begin with. The Doctor. Jan 2012 #25
Republicans are by and large dichotomous thinkers Major Nikon Jan 2012 #15
I agree BrendaBrick Jan 2012 #47
Ummmm... LuckyTheDog Jan 2012 #17
The study tested for prejudice and conservative attitudes separately JDPriestly Jan 2012 #20
I never met anyone who admitted to being racist or prejudice DaveJ Jan 2012 #21
I have, sort of... caraher Jan 2012 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author ClassWarrior Jan 2012 #22
I became a Democrat when I was in the Army and saw what a Republican world looked like underpants Jan 2012 #23
Nothing new here. sulphurdunn Jan 2012 #24
This is interesting Ebadlun Jan 2012 #26
you got it. WingDinger Jan 2012 #28
At its roots, conservatism is based in fear. Conservatives live in a scarier world than liberals. renie408 Jan 2012 #29
I've found this to be true by doorbelling my neighborhood eridani Jan 2012 #30
Which brings us to a related study.... sofa king Jan 2012 #44
I think it goes back to the Puritan ideal. Bolo Boffin Jan 2012 #41
Wow cindyperry2010 Jan 2012 #27
I don't belive that there are many Conservatives around ... ... bayareaboy Jan 2012 #31
Rain is wet upi402 Jan 2012 #35
Stupid people are too stupid to know that they are stupid Grolph1 Jan 2012 #39
hmm... chervilant Jan 2012 #40
This might as well be a Faux News market research study. TahitiNut Jan 2012 #42
Oh wow another idiotic article by someone be whistler162 Jan 2012 #43
Here we go again knocklindquist Jan 2012 #45
What, in you opinion, are the "results of liberal social policy on the poor and weak"? morningfog Jan 2012 #46
We got a live one here. hifiguy Jan 2012 #50
A leading indicator of intelligence is hifiguy Jan 2012 #49
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