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In reply to the discussion: A Major New Study Shows That Political Polarization Is Mainly A Right-Wing Phenomenon [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)not even a little bit.
that's like me saying : Donald Trump Lies.
And someone replying : Well all politicians lie.
It's not at all the same.
Even Barry Goldwater saw the road Republicans were headed and warned them. Conservatism is now caught up in denial and lost in a reality of their own making. They value their ideology above fact and reason.
And the less said about Paglia the better, I can barely follow her conclusions given her penchant for non-sequiturs.
But I get what you're alluding to: Evolutionary psychologists cover that area and get a lot of flack from many on the left. I'm familiar with the arguments, often research that's descriptive is conflated with being some sort of prescriptive analysis of behavior. On the other hand there's also some healthy debate and counter arguments to even Pinker's blank slate. But.. how has this impacted policy or thinking?
It's thanks to Liberalism that there's awareness there should be equal access to opportunities regardless of gender or race ( or hormonal balance * ) and that's a good thing.
(EDIT" - there's a lot of vaccine denial on the left, and other ideas that veer into regressive. Still, it's not as bad as what we see on the right)