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In reply to the discussion: I remember when gay marriage was "the far left wanting a pony". [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Unfortunately, I didn't find a favorite researcher/writer on political psychology, whose name won't come to the fore, but these give the general idea. A lot is being learned right now.
If you'll remember, this time last century Europe's communists and fascists were often wooing away each other's adherents. Not so strange when you consider the similarity between someone who'd plant a spike in a tree to kill or maim a lumberjack and someone who'd set a bomb in an abortion clinic - and wonder what it'd take to turn that passion to an issue at the other end of the political spectrum.
BTW, greatly helpful to me is the relatively new understanding that liberal and conservative, and probably libertarian, are inborn personality types, programmed by genetic code, varying in where on the spectrum and depth of passion, and then altered in infinite variations by environment.
link:http://www.lairdwilcox.com/news/hoaxerproject.html
link:http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/change/left_and_right.html